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TIL that PinkPantheress's mixed background is the same as Obm's.

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8a9b8 TIL of a meteorite originating from the Mars moon Phobos that fell on the territory of a russian military base in Yemen in 1980. It contains the mineral Florenskiite, not found anywhere else on Earth.
8a9EL TIL about Keith Cutler, a judge summoned to be a juror on a case he was presiding over. When he applied to be excused from jury service he was initially declined, and was told to write to the resident judge, to which he replied: "I am the resident judge."
WklOo TIL that in 2009, a 14 year old boy in Essen, Germany was heading to school when he saw a "ball of light" in the sky heading towards him. A small rock then hit his hand, bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground. He is one of the few recorded humans to be struck by a meteorite
4X11R TIL Angel investor Jason Calacanis turned a $25k initial investment in Uber into $100M
BbnK TIL Ellen and William Craft escaped slavery in the American south. Ellen could pass for white so she pretended to be a white male slave owner on a trip with her black slave William. They traveled first class all the way.