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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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vRd4 TIL Australia has the highest rate of gambling in the world, mostly wagering on poker and slot machines.
E1Vw7 TIL The CIA has its own Starbucks, said to be one of the busiest in the country. It’s the same as any regular Starbucks, except for the fact that baristas don’t take the customers’ names. Officers order everything incognito.
4Xp0b TIL that Richard Pryor opened the Academy Awards way back in 1977 with a monologue about black performers never getting nominated.
Z8aRp TIL about Violet Hilton, a conjoined twin who suffered the gruesome fate of dying of the flu 2-4 days after her twin Daisy had already succumbed.
wEGP TIL that Tony Gonzalez saved a man’s life by colliding with him on the sidelines. The man had to get an MRI and found he had a brain tumor.