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TIL that Red Rain fell in Kerala India and when examined it contained red cells from an unknown origin.

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R7YG9 TIL there's a town in Maine called China
AN7E4 TIL when the 1991 Doors biopic was in development, John Travolta was one of the top picks to play Jim Morrison. Singer Bebe Buell recalled how she witnessed Travolta’s “unofficial” audition, and called it “mindblowing” how Travolta channeled Jim. The role later went to Val Kilmer.
e0bmD TIL in 1896, 500,000 people gathered in Khodynka Field, Moscow, to receive free gifts, celebrating the crowning of Nicholas II. Rumors spread that there was not enough beer for everybody, and that the beer cups contained a gold coin. The crowd responded by creating a stampede, killing 1,389 people.
L700 TIL the coins collected from fountains barely pays for the cost of collecting the coins from fountains.
X0n4X TIL About 95% of firefighters in the United States are men