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TIL that a woman fell to her death BASE jumping from Yosemite’s El Capitan as part of a protest intended to prove the safety of BASE jumping. Her husband filmed the fall from the meadow below.

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N7anQ TIL about a Pennsylvania Dutch food called Hog Maw. Made from a cleaned pig's stomach, traditionally stuffed with cubed potatoes and loose pork sausage. Other ingredients may include cabbage, onions, and spices. It is boiled, baked or roasted until the skin is brown or splits.
pYeQb TIL about the American Fotoplayer, which was a player piano that combined a piano and an organ plus percussion instruments used to add music and sound effects to silent movies. I also learned that the "circus song" is actually a military march called Entry of the Gladiators
gM7ML TIL as a result of increased popularity of crack cocaine, the number of cocaine-related hospital emergencies in the USA increased 110% in 1986.
YpKDP TIL Greco-Romans wrote the names of their enemies on broken pieces of pottery then used the pieces to wipe their butts.
v1mYx TIL South Africa developed nukes and voluntarily dismantled them. It's the only country in history to do this.