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TIL that on August 7th 1994 in Oakville Washington, mysterious gelatinous blobs began falling from the sky that induced illness in a number of people. The blobs were analyzed by scientists and found to contain human white blood cells with no nuclei. The source of the blobs was never uncovered

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jN7Ya TIL in 1990 43 out of the 45 climbers attempting Lenin Peak were buried in an avalanche. The two survivors could hear their comrades shouting for help hours after the slide, but failed in any attempts to rescue them as the ice set like concrete immediately
YpXGG TIL in 2005 two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders got busted for having sex with each other in a bar bathroom in Tampa and punching a woman who complained they were taking too long.
Z8Rep TIL Roald Dahl wrote a Bond film.
691Ww TIL Mocha Dick (the real life inspiration for moby dick) was killed in 1838 after appearing to come to the aid of a distrought cow whose calf was just slaughtered by whalers. He was known to be friendly until attacked, he survived 100 skirmishes before being slain.
VBl60 TIL stars larger than the sun fuse elements in a cycle where carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms act as catalysts transforming into each other continuously. After a full cycle, the net result is 4 hydrogen atoms consumed and 1 helium atom released along with energy, at which point the cycle repeats.