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TIL of the Holodomor, “Extermination by hunger”, a man-made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine

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p8VDN TIL of the 2009 Satellite Collision: the first time two satellites collided at hypervelocity
bPO4 TIL Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881; the attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.
1JGr TIL Moose and elk have been known to get drunk on frozen and slightly fermented apples and commit shenanigans such as breaking into shoe stores and getting stuck in trees.
D16jj 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
9YveB TIL Fraudsters in China cost Apple over $2 Billion by returning fake iPhones for refunds