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R5raj TIL in 1961, a cow in Cuba was killed by a satellite fragment falling out of the sky. This is the only documented satellite-crashing-to-Earth fatality
NX7o8 TIL that Hulk was originally intended to be grey, but only became green due to colouring issues. However, the green version was liked by Stan Lee and became final.
R7oWQ TIL Alex Trebek sleeps naked. In 2011, a burglar broke into his hotel room where Trebek and his wife were sleeping. Alex put on a pair of underwear and chased the burglar before he tore his Achilles tendon during the chase.
dDDnQ TIL that Halle Berry went to Miss World Pageant in 1986 and placed in top 7, becoming the first African-American woman in the competition
9Z0X TIL George Washington vowed never to set foot on English soil — so when London’s National Gallery erected a statue of the president in 1921, the state of Virginia sent a ton of earth for him to stand on.