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Oo7PX TIL of Trinitite, a synthetic mineral born in the heat of a nuclear blast
jNBoE TIL that on December 16, 1965, NASA received a prank transmission from two astronauts: "We have an object, probably in polar orbit... I see a command Module and and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit." They then started playing, "Jingle Bells".
D94j TIL two high school students rode their horses to school on ‘no vehicles to school day’, and got suspended.
AvKB TIL that many parents mistakenly fed their children dog food after a pet snack pack featuring a well known kids cartoon was put next to chips in a supermarket
neXkW TIL: Jake Adelstein, a Jewish-American reporter who investigated the Japanese crime world for over a decade, convinced some of his underworld allies and former yakuza bosses to play Yakuza 3, a video game where you play as a former member of the yakuza. The former bosses ended up loving the game.