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TIL 2pac Auditioned to Be a Jedi in ‘Star Wars’

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e06pJ TIL The Sylacauga Meteorite is the first and only documented extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being. 34 year-old Ann Hodges was napping when the meteorite struck her, leaving her badly bruised.
MeJK7 TIL that Edgar Degas’ statue Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, depicting a Paris “opera rat,” was reviled by critics in 1881 as “repulsive” and “vicious.” Today, the original sculpture is at the National Gallery of Art in D.C., and bronze casts made after his death can be found in many other museums.
Rd76 TIL that Army officer Hugh Thompson prevented the deaths of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including women and children, by a group of American soldiers. Thompson, an Army helicopter pilot, landed between the soldiers and the villagers and threatened to open fire if they continued their attacks.
woexP TIL of the mud dauber, a family of wasps that creates nest out of dried mud. 176 people were killed in a plane crash believed to have been caused by a nest in a pitot tube, leading to faulty speed readings
xVQbB TIL, a Pakistani student was killed by mob at his university, for doing blasphemy on social media. In Pakistan, something as silly as "Nine is not fine" can get you killed, and your killers will be praised as heroes.