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TIL of 2020 CD3, a near-earth asteroid and temporary satellite of earth expected to break free in May 2020

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yQB1v TIL 6 kids were poisoned in 1963 from wearing new, unwashed jeans that had been exposed to pesticide. (2 boys whose pants were washed before wearing them did not get sick)
p89kZ TIL of Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year old Canadian Country Folk singer who was killed by coyotes while hiking in 2009. She is the only known adult ever killed by coyotes, and her death shocked wildlife experts and forced them to reassess the threat that coyotes pose to people.
6Jm7 TIL that the most decorated American unit in WWII was the 442nd, an almost exclusively Japanese-American infantry regiment
dD9ZK TIL Santa Anna introduced chewing gum to the US during his exile from Mexico
WZr9 TIL: In WWII Germany developed a missile that could hit the US that was manually piloted and suicidal.