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TIL The asteroid impact that killed dinosaurs triggered a "mega earthquake" that lasted for months

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EwK7 TIL that “Pan” the second moon of Saturn, is irregularly shaped because it has accidentally captured some of Saturn’s ring material.
xVDDD TIL of "yellow journalism" which present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines.
wLja7 TIL that J.M. Barrie added the requirement of fairy dust for flying, because so many children injured themselves trying to fly after seeing the first production of “Peter Pan”
Y7DKA TIL if Jazz was invented in New Orleans, Ground Zero was Congo Square, a gathering spot for enslaved Africans enjoying their mandated day off a week as early as 1803 to drum, dance, sing and trade, leading eventually to Mardi Gras Indian traditions, the Second line, jazz, and rhythm and blues.
e0nP4 TIL There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday