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TIL the most common videos of the February 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor were recording by dashcam.

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d8lnB TIL the Ford LTD's name does not stand for Limited, but for Lincoln Type Design.
7beZ TIL that despite breast cancer and prostate cancer have similar rates of mortality, breast cancer research receives twice as much government funding and twice as many grants from the American Cancer Society
0vvN TIL According to the FBI: hands, fists and feet are used to commit twice as many murders in the U.S as rifles (including assault rifles)
DQQXD TIL the land area of Anchorage, AK (1706.8 sq. mi.) is larger than the state of Rhode Island (1545 sq. mi.)
pYyQQ TIL that the Statue of Liberty was certified as a lighthouse until 1902, and--if it hadn't been decertified--would be the tallest coastal lighthouse in the world today.