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TIL shooting stars (meteors) can often times be as small as a grain of sand

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b6e9Z TIL the concept of seven sisters in Greek mythology persisted in various forms and is echoed in different civilizations and cultures. There was even a group of law firms dubbed 'the seven sisters'
nojB TIL of Bobbie the Wonder Dog, who walked from Indiana to Oregon to return to his family
yoJV TIL- Milk duds don’t contain milk chocolate at all but a mix of cocoa and vegetable oil.
o9kR TIL that New Mexico State’s first graduating class in 1893 had only one student—and he was shot and killed before graduation.
GARk5 TIL of Fort Stevens, Oregon, the only military installation in the mainland US to be attacked during World War 2. A Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast and fired a volley of shells at the fort, which took no damage aside from the backstop of its baseball field.