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TIL The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs created a hole 18 MILES deep and peaks taller then Everest, before collapsing less than 10 minutes later

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aZk0 TIL that a mob from a nearby county threatened to lynch Black newspaper editor John Mitchell Jr. for writing an editorial condemning a lynching. Armed with two pistols, he then traveled to that same county to report on the lynching on-site.
l7jRB TIL that the Faber-Castell pencil company was founded in 1761, and is one of the world's oldest industrial companies and has been run by the same family for nine generations!
MNe0 TIL in 2010 2/3rds of all gun deaths in the U.S. were from suicide.
jOBp TIL Christoph Waltz received a total of 15 nominations for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He won 11 of these, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the BAFTA Awards for BOTH films.
Me7GV TIL that Jesus first miracle was turning water into wine and it tasted so good it was considered the best wine served at the wedding according to the Bible (John 2:1-11).