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VBGYk TIL that on January 19, 1876 chunks of red meat fell from the sky in a 100-by-50-yard (90-by-45-meter) area near Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky. The incident was called The Kentucky meat shower.
6EOrm Today I learned that there is a Jewish "tradition" (primarily among Jewish New Yorkers) of eating Chinese food on Christmas.
E1AjX TIL about the Brooklyn Theater Fire in which none of the staff or actors yelled "Fire" because they were afraid of causing a panic and 278 people died.
4kgEX TIL: The current estimated time that it would take to free fall to the center of the earth is 38 minutes and 11 seconds.
grdoW TIL that at the Council of Nicea in 325, a priest called Arius proposed a heretical belief so strong he got punched by St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus. Several years later, Arius died from rectal prolapse and according to legend, defecating out parts of his organs.