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TIL that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe

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0dejN TIL In June 2022 Belgium returned the gold-capped tooth of Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba had been executed in 1961 and the tooth was all that remained after the first Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo was dissolved in acid and his bones ground to dust.
R5eM7 TIL a suicide bomber with explosives in his laptop boarded the Somali owned Daallo Airlines in 2016 intending to blow the whole aircraft. Twenty minutes after the takeoff, the bomb exploded, creating a hole in the plane, and the suicide bomber was sucked out of the plane. He was the only fatality.
neLdG TIL Octopuses have blue blood, no bones and three hearts
OoEGe TIL about Reita Faria, the first Asian to win Miss World. A 66 to 1 longshot (people used to bet on beuty pageants), she won because of her then unique ambition to become a medical doctor.
OyR1 TIL modern dog experts say you SHOULD comfort your dog when they’re afraid of fireworks or thunderstorms.