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TIL: In 2020, an explosion at a chemical facility in Spain killed 3 people, however, one of them, Sergio Millán was 2 kilometers away and not a worker, when he was struck by a steel plate from the explosion weighing 800kg with a security camera catching the plate traveling 2km to reach him.

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KOe69 TIL National Dollar Day on August 8th commemorates the day Congress established the U.S. monetary system in 1786. In 1862, the United States printed its first dollar bill. It wasn’t George Washington face, The first dollar bill featured Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln’s Secretary of Treasury.
epWl5 TIL that like the TV show, the city of Dawson Creek in 2015 had a "steamy affair between a teacher and a student", but unlike the TV version it "was taken very seriously, and the former music teacher at the centre of it was charged with several crimes"
1ZrP TIL a 4 year old girl was the only survivor of a horrific plane crash in Detroit in 1987 because her mother shielded her before impact.
Wkw1N TIL that Six Flags Amusement Park is named that way because of the 6 different flags that have governed over the state of Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. The first Six Flags park was Six Flags Over Texas.
xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.