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TIL in 1490, the Ming Dynasty reportedly experienced a meteor shower so severe it resulted in a “rain of rocks”, killing several tens of thousands of people, according to some official sources

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JYALB TIL The Vietnam government executes corporate executives convicted of financial crimes or corporate malfeasance.
wDp7 TIL: An old woman approached Stephen King in a supermarket and said “You are the horror writer. I don’t read anything that you do. I just like things more genuine, like that Shawshank Redemption.” He said, “I wrote that”. And she said, “No you didn’t”. And she walked off and went on her way.
mxaNM TIL On May 20, 1989, Martial Law was declared in Tiananmen Square as its citizens demanded political reform. Just over a month into these protests, soldiers and officers stormed the Square while firing live rounds. The event is commonly referred to as June Fourth Massacre and June Fourth Crackdown.
XvlE TIL that Rupert Grint starred in a movie in 2002 called ‘Thunderpants’ about a boy who’s super power is his “amazing ability to break wind”
9YXyM TIL that in ww2 there was a group of german scientists that wanted to send out a satellite with a concave mirror mounted on it into space, this was so the sun would bounce of the mirror and create a concentrated ray of sunlight destroying targets or killing through heat.