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TIL that each driver in the Indy 500 has to fill out a ballot for what type of milk they want on the podium if they win, per tradition. Emerson Fittipaldi chose orange juice

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mE4o TIL that a Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.
9JdG TIL Sailor Moon in Japan had a lesbian couple, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptume. In the English translation this is censored, stating they are cousins instead. Due to problematic dubbing flirting was left in, leading some viewers to infer their relationship as incestuous.
KNGE TIL Christopher Lee was the only person involved with the Lord of the Rings films to have actually met Tolkien
LQbmm TIL that high fructose corn syrup and sucrose (table sugar) have similar ratios of fructose and glucose: 55:42 and 50:50 respectively.
rRg91 TIL about Sue Aikens, a woman who survived a brutal bear attack that left her with both hips pulled out of their sockets and bite marks in her skull. She was forced to treat her own wounds, go back out to kill the bear, then lie in her cabin for 10 days until medical help arrived.