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TIL a Sitting US Senator Was Killed During the Civil War While Commanding Troops

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BrP1x TIL that when Princess Diana died in 1997, the funeral's broadcast attracted an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide. Which makes it one of the biggest televised event in history.
Ngr1 TIL that while in the Army Clint Eastwood was in a plane that ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific, where afterwards he and the pilot swam 3 miles (5 km) to the California coast.
VBrvD TIL there is a Filipino dish called pinapaitan, a kind of goat stew. It is seasoned with the goat’s bile (which makes it bitter) and offal, such as tripe, kidneys, liver, heart, intestines, pancreas, spleen, hide, or blood. One researcher suggested that men consume the dish as a display of machismo.
GJBE TIL there are a type of mites, called Adactylidium, that are impregnated while still inside their mother’s body. The mites then devour their mother from the inside out to go on and repeat the cycle.
ADmRx TIL about four museums that focus solely on cats: one in Malaysia; one in the Netherlands, one in Lithuania, and one in the US. There's also a museum in the US dedicated to Maneki Neko (Lucky Cat) statues.