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TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars

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PkkV TIL when Yao Ming played his first game in Miami, the Heat promoted the game by passing out 8,000 fortune cookies. Yao wasn’t offended because he had never seen a fortune cookie, and assumed it was an American invention
QJN9E TIL that in the lakes have snakes
D1xWr TIL of Lachhiman Gurung, A Nepalese Gurkha who lost his arm in battle but continued to fight with his bolt action rifle, single handedly holding off over 200 Japanese troops and killing 31 until the next morning.
x6paB TIL that Homer’s Iliad ends with Hector’s funeral. This means that the Trojan Horse and Achilles’ death aren’t from the Iliad.
ajBA TIL Kosher salt isn’t necessarily certified as Kosher, but refers to the style of salt (large grains) which was used to make meat Kosher.