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Jun 03, 2020

TIL that in 1908 a meteorite hit Russia with hundreds of times more power than an atom bomb, destroying 500,000 acres of forest, knocking ppl over 40 miles away and causing weather events around the globe - but no one was killed and no impact crater was found.

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Mar 01, 2020

TIL In Britain, drivers can be fined up to £5,000 if they are caught driving through a puddle which causes a pedestrian to be splashed.

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Feb 04, 2020

TIL that in 1972 during the Vietnam War, dozens of sea mines randomly exploded off the coast of Hon La, Vietnam for no apparent reason. In 2018, it was discovered that a huge Solar Storm at the time had been the culprit, triggering magnetic sensors on the sea mines which led to sudden explosions.

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Jan 29, 2020

TIL A young woman caught making explicit videos of herself at a public library had to pay a $250 fine and was banned for a year. She earned $1,500 for the 3 1/2 hour video she live-streamed at the library

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Jan 19, 2020

TIL that an "okta" is a unit equal to 1/8 of the sky. Cloud conditions are measured in oktas, so the scientific difference between "partly sunny" and "mostly cloudy" is 1 okta.

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Nov 17, 2019

TIL that the scene in IT: Chapter Two and in the novel where a group of teens assault a homosexual man and his partner before tossing one of them over a bridge to his death was actually based on a true story. Stephen King borrowed details from the real life event, and added Pennywise to it.

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Nov 10, 2019

TIL 80's pop group Spandau Ballet got their name after seeing it written on a nightclub toilet. Spandau Ballet actually refers to prisoner hangings at Spandau Prison and their twitching and jumping at the end of the rope.

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Sep 25, 2019

TIL Maine law allows hunters to use others' private property without permission, which has lead to several deaths of people shot on their own land who hunters have mistaken for dear.

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