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TIL about Ann Hodges, the only person to have been struck by a meteorite

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DQ50p TIL about the War of the Bucket. It was fought in 1325 between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena, in Italy. A common myth surrounding the war is that it was caused by the Modenese stealing a bucket from a Bolognese well. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino, the only battle of the war
ADZ0B TIL that April 19 is “Bicycle Day”, named after when Albert Hoffman, the man who first synthesized LSD, made the first intentional ingestion of LSD and then went home on a bicycle.
wol57 TIL that, in 1910, King Nicolas I of Montenegro ordered his male subjects to possess at least one "Gasser Pattern revolver", leading to these weapons becoming status symbols
WkM5X TIL about the Feed a Bee initiative that has provided funding for pollinator-attracting plantings in all 50 states, and continues to do so to support bee populations
b9Gaa TIL that under guardianship laws the guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.