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TIL that Channel 5 was the only major UK television channel not to broadcast Queen Elizabeth II's funeral - they aired The Emoji Movie instead

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W67d TIL A man from Indonesia left his 9 dogs unfed for 2 weeks during a vacation and when he returned home his starving dogs attacked and ate him.
xpY0 TIL that a Flettner Airplane flies without wings: instead, it has cylinders that spin which, using the same physics as throwing a curveball, “curves” the vehicle upwards into the air!
E6NV TIL that in 2007, a teenager was arrested after sending an email describing his arsenal of weapons and desire to “kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan” to Peter Gilmore, high priest of the Church of Satan, whom then alerted the FBI.
d8pLB TIL: Computers used to have a "Super" key, as well as a "Meta" and a "Hyper" key.
wokgM TIL The rumbling sound your stomach makes when hungry is called "borborygmus." It happens when the muscles in your digestive system move food, liquid, and gas through your stomach and small intestine, producing a rumbling sound.