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TIL France killed 45,000 Algerian civilians in two weeks in 8th of May 1945 who did nothing but went out to the streets demanding independence that they were promised after WWII

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M7GKV TIL in 1997, Lottie Williams was walking in a park when she felt a tap on her shoulder. After turning around and seeing no one there, she found that a piece of mesh had fallen from the sky and tapped her. An analysis revealed the mesh was from a Delta II rocket on re-entry.
wJD1 TIL that Agent Scully was immortal by the end of the ‘X-Files’ series.
VOEB TIL when skydiver Joan Murray’s parachute failed, she approached the ground at 80 miles (128km) per hour, landing on a mound of fire ants. The shock from being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating, and allowed her to survive.
mW4P TIL that while St Lawrence was being executed by being held to a red-hot gridiron he remarked “Turn me over, I’m done on this side” - He’s now the patron saint of Comedians.
d8RQ TIL that in 2010 we sent 192 000 text messages a second, and that American teen girls send a 100 texts messages a day, on average.