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TIL a Cuban cow was killed in 1960 by debris from a failed US satellite.

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e0jbJ TIL, A Spanish creole widely spoken in the Southwest Philippine City of Zamboanga.
On9Y TIL that Jackie Kennedy called Martin Luther King jr a “terrible man” and claimed he was drunk at JFK’s funeral
7rpyL TIL about The Indestructible Alkemade. A WW2 RAF Airman who survived a fall of 18,000 feet without a parachute, and suffered only a sprained leg. His descent was slowed by pine trees and he landed in 18 inches of snow.
m1gbE TIL that the moon seems huge on the horizon because your brain quietly edits the scene. It is called the Moon Illusion.
0dZEL TIL Brazilian city Altamira (159 533 km²) is larger in land area than 104 countries, including: Portugal (92 256 km²), Iceland (102 775 km²), Ireland (70 273 km²), Switzerland (41 285 km²), Denmark (43 094 km²). Altamira's size is comparable to the US state of Missouri or Florida.