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TIL that the first time an asteroid's impact on Earth was predicted before it happened was in 2008.

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9w0w6 TIL that Ray Bradbury wrote "The Halloween Tree" (1972) as a result of being disappointed after watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" - due to what he believed was the television special's lackluster depiction of Halloween
5rKn TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
WGrL TIL when the Dutch discovered penguins for the first time in the 17th century, they literally called them “fat gooses”
78gPL TIL that the Romans used urine as a cleaning agent
oBaYY TIL that the Ute Indians discovered mechanoluminescence hundreds of years before modern scientists. Quartz crystals were put in sacks of thin buffalo skin. When shaken, they would produce sparks of light that they used in their religious ceremonies.