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TIL that Judge Judy makes more money than David Letterman.

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kOxK4 TIL that the Great Smog of London killed in only 4 days, 4.000 people, made 150.000 people ill and killed 8.000 additional people in the months that followed of related diseases whereas in the Chernobyl disaster 31 people died and an additional 4.000 died of related diseases.
P1A6E TIL about the Braunschweig meteorite, a 1.3kg meteorite that hit a concrete path in Germany, leaving a 3cm deep/7cm wide crater, presumably the smallest impact crater we know of.
KYyrR TIL 20 of 33 states with a state beverage have selected milk 🥛
NXYdP TIL about hobby horsing, a "sport" where you get to run and jump on a stick horse.
4MMa TIL of Cookie, a cockatoo who has been a resident of the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago since it opened in 1934. He will turn 82 in this coming June.