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TIL if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs arrived just 30 seconds later, it would have landed in deep ocean water which would have absorbed much of the force of the impact. The resulting extinction would have been less severe, many dinosaur species would have survived, and humans would not exist

grVn8 TIL the act of dumping green slime on a person on "You Can't Do That On Television" started when they meant to dump food on a kid but it went rotten and turned into green muck and they threw it on him anyway.
GAK5N TIL the Man-Eaters of Njombe were a pride of 15 lions that killed hundreds of people (perhaps as many as 1,500) between 1932-1947 in Tanzania. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.
epmPk TIL in the music video for Cruel Summer by Bananarama, the band was high on cocaine for the second part of the shoot and it’s noticeable in the video.
R5eK1 TIL that during WWII, the British considered building aircraft carriers out of ice. The project, called Project Habakkuk, aimed to create massive, unsinkable carriers from a special mixture of ice and wood pulp called Pykrete.
j6VQQ TIL that in 1999, Sergio Motsoeneng ran part of the Comrades Marathon, then went into a mobile toilet to switch places with his twin brother. They won 9th place and the equivalent of about $500, but got caught when a newspaper published photos of them wearing their watches on opposite wrists.