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TIL there is a 42% decrease in air quality on 4th July due to firework displays

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Z8Djp TIL a man who regularly said that God sends natural disasters to punish gay people ended up having his home destroyed in a natural disaster
bv4p TIL most of the Disney producers had no faith in The Lion King, saying, “I don’t know who is going to want to watch that one.”
w9KJ TIL The Republic of Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society, who believed African Americans would face better chances for freedom in Africa than in the United States.
e0yr5 TIL: About the "Wow! Signal" which appeared to come from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius and bore the expected hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin.
mxB5Y TIL that Darryl Dawkins "Chocolate Thunder", who was most famous for his two glass shattering dunks, was the first NBA player to play out of high school. He once claimed to be an alien from the planet Lovetron, where he spent the off-season practicing "interplanetary funkmanship" with gf Juicy Lucy.