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

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welY TIL facial expressions are a very important part of sign language. Certain mouth and eye movements serve as adjectival or adverbial modifiers.
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gpob TIL during the industrial revolution, toxic metals such as Copper Arsenite, Red Lead and Vermillion (Mercury) were used as food colouring for everyday foods like milk, cheese and tea.