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OGA0a TIL, when the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Event hit earth, the force was so high, that some rocks/material was ejected into space, leaving our atmosphere, while some burned upon re-entry.
gro6L TIL After hurricane Katrina Brad Pitt set up the Make It Right Foundation to build homes for those effected. The project had famous architects but the homes were not designed or constructed for a New Orleans environment. By 2022 only 6 of the 109 houses were deemed to be in "reasonably good shape."
WkJyA TIL in 1997, Pradyumna K. Mahanandia, a poor Indian artist, rode a second-hand bicycle for 4months and 3weeks from india to Gothenburg Sweden to meet his love Charlotte Von Schedvin. He rode his bicycle because he couldn't afford an airplane ticket. They are married now with two kids
16nRW TIL the Prinz Adalbert a German Naval ship during WW1 was torpedoed by a British submarine, it exploded and sank immediately with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors.
D1MXr TIL that Betty Crocker was never a real person. She was created for a Gold Medal Flour ad in 1921. Shortly after the company decided to use the character to answer all the baking and cooking questions received by mail, as a woman was a more trusted source of baking information than an all male staff