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TIL that Rheingold beer had a yearly election for the model to be Miss Rheingold

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PkJn TIL that On May 16, 1970, Manny Mota hit the only batted ball in major league history to cause a fatality. It struck a 14 yr old boy in the head.
ALm7 TIL A set of British twins separated at birth and raised by different adopted parents, fell in love and got married only to realise that they were brother and sister
lk1N TIL Nikola Tesla described a method where “an impenetrable wall of force can be erected around the United States”. This coming from a new FBI records release (part 3 of 3 page 62).
99eQ TIL that in 1985, a volcano in Colombia that was covered in glaciers erupted, instantly melting the glaciers. Two hours later, a 100 ft deep flood of rock and water traveling 39 feet per second leveled an entire nearby village, killing 20,000 out of its 29,000 residents.
16xYO TIL Vanilla Extract can be used as a sedative