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TIL of "Chung Ling Soo" (William Ellsworth Robinson) Who Died On Stage Unsuccessfully Performing the "Bullet Catch" Trick

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9wpWX TIL that a few billion years ago an Earth day was only about 19 hours
MDEA TIL Lulu the kangaroo was rescued as a joey and hand-reared by a farmer and his family. When a branch knocked the farmer unconscious, Lulu stayed with him and ‘barked’ until the man’s family came, likely saving his life.
jjMv TIL the best paid sportsman of all-time was the Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles. Before retiring in 146 AD, Diocles had won 1,462 races, resulting in winning over 35,863,120 sesterces in prize-money. By today’s standards, that last figure would cash out to about $15 billion.
R5rxQ TIL that even after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with Japanese leadership still in disagreement over surrendering, the Allies executed the largest and longest bombing campaign of the Pacific War, with 1014 aircraft used.
W7erL TIL Someone killed a pigeon by dyeing it pink for a gender-reveal party