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TIL there is a Lieutenant Columbo statue in Budapest.

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R7jX4 TIL about Lady Wonder, a horse who some believed had psychic abilities. 150,000 people paid to consult Lady Wonder ($1 for three questions). While many assumed it was an elaborate hoax, the horse did help locate the body of a missing person.
kJJ94 TIL about the battle of chosin reservoir, which was fought during the Korean War at temperatures as cold as 36 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit)
LlOZ TIL that as a 2.5 year old girl, Michelle Funk fell into a creek and was submerged for 66 minutes. When rescuers arrived she didn’t have pulse and was not breathing. 3+ hours after that, her blood was warmed. When it reached 77 degrees F. she came back to life and is still living to this day.
5Vr0R TIL the most catastrophic accident in motorsports was in 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. About 80 to 84 people died and 120 to 178 people were injured when a Mercedes rear-ended another car at 200 km/h (125 mph), jumped the berm and landed into the crowd.
LjdQ TIL that there is an informal “Small Penis” rule, which authors use to protect themselves against libel lawsuits, by saying that a character they based off of someone else has a small penis, which stops most people from wanting to associate themselves with that character by suing the author.