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TIL that a falling meteorite came within feet of a skydiver during the jump and caught it on video

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MemB8 TIL Domino's pizza had offered a guaranteed 30 minute delivery time, or the pizza was free. This is how the pizza chain grew quickly. After many years, the drivers were sued for accidents. and the company ended that deal. I had heard that a driver hit a kid... but I guess that isn't true.
epj6n TIL: The 1891 New Orleans lynching of 11 Italian Americans, in New Orleans, was the largest single mass lynching in American history
OolpY TIL in September 1939, at the onset of World War II. The Night Watch was detached from its frame and rolled around a cylinder. The rolled painting was stored for four years in a special safe that was built to protect many works of art in the caves of Maastricht, Netherlands.
nWW0r TIL that in India, over 90% of people Do Not wear seatbelts in the back seat. Similarly, only 20% of Indian Children travelling on motorbikes have helmets.
vPyy8 TIL shamrocks in a crystal bowl has been gifted to the president of the United States every St Patrick's Day since the early 1950s.