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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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x65X5 TIL Green Day bassist Mike Prichard adopted the stage name Mike Dirnt as "Dirnt" was originally a nickname that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and made a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.
dybQ TIL Each year $470 billion of grocery coupons are distributed in the US. Only $3.7 billion is redeemed.
aJrb TIL Mike Tyson offered a zoo attendant $10,000 to open the cage of a bullying gorilla so he could “smash that silverback’s snotbox.” His offer was declined.
x6B87 TIL that seagulls can swallow a whole starfish
KYDD6 TIL A $286K painting was discovered by an art historian because he was watching Stuart Little with his daughter & noticed it in the background of this scene. It had been purchased for cheap by a set designer who had no clue it was a world-famous painting believed to be lost since 1928.