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TIL when it snowed for the first recorded time in Miami in 1977 a meteorologist initially thought it was a coke-drop that had gone wrong, until realizing that the flakes were snow.

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loW4r TIL that in 1866, the small European country of Liechtenstein sent a force of 80 men into a war. They fought no battles, and when they returned, they were 81 strong because an Italian had joined them to escape the war zone.
rNme TIL a much higher percentage of astronauts wear corrective glasses in space, while fewer wear them on earth. The lack of gravity affects the shape of the eye.
jA8X TIL that 2% of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge survive the fall. One man even jumped off for “fun”.
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