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TIL that the song Earth Angel predates Back To The Future by over 30 years.

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lVr5 TIL in 2011 a 9 yr old dog was hit by a car and injured. The driver’s insurance company considered the dog totaled, and stopped paying for the animals recovery.
v1gBx TIL Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language
6jAm TIL: in march 1989 an asteroid passed through the exact position where Earth was only six hours earlier.
pjrO TIL of Joan Murray who landed on a mound of fire ants at 80mph after her parachute failed to open. Doctors believe that the shock of being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.
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