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TIL the MLS is now America’s 3rd most attended pro sport, passing the NBA and the NHL

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KOw4a TIL Between 90 and 95 percent of meteors that approach Earth burn up in our atmosphere. The asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere in 2013 over Russia broke 15 miles above the ground and generated a shock wave equivalent to a 500-kiloton explosion
prOp TIL in 1947 the British used 6800 tonnes of surplus WW2 explosives to destroy military infrastructure on the tiny island of Heligoland. Loss of the island was acceptable. The explosion resulted in one of the largest single non-nuclear detonations recorded. Newsreel footage in comments.
aw8ly TIL: The line: "Be afraid. Be very afraid" was spoken by Geena Davis in the 1986 film "The Fly"
WkDN4 TIL that until the mid-1990s, jew (as a verb meaning to swindle) was an acceptable Scrabble word. It took a large letter writing campaign to get Milton Bradley to finally agree to change their dictionary.
jNEEv TIL some trucks in North Korea are powered by burning charcoal because the price of oil is too high for most citizens.