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TIL 52-foot-tall 'megaripples' from dinosaur-killing asteroid are hiding under Louisiana

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lj7A TIL pickpockets will sometimes yell “someone stole my wallet” so everyone around them pats their wallets, revealing the pocket valuables are held in.
j6dLj TIL Amos Lunt, the San Quentin hangman, claimed he was being tormented by the ghosts of those he executed. He eventually had to be committed to an asylum
9YLX7 TIL about Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson, who taught himself to play piano at the age of two, played with Lionel Hampton when he was 5, was the first black entertainer at the White House Correspondents dinner when he was 8, recorded for Capitol Records (with two hits) from 9-12 then retired from music
ppJG TIL a civil war veteran lived to see thermonuclear weapons and I Love Lucy
Y7YGd TIL Buddy, the dog actor who played Air Bud, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and died tragically young at age 9 or 10- Only a year after the release of the first movie. The sequel, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, was dedicated in memory of Buddy.