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TIL In 1490 a meteor shower in China killed 20,000 people.

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DQJyY TIL that Hasekura Tsunenaga was, in all likelihood, the first Japanese to cross the Atlantic. He set sail from Tsukinoura, travelled overland through Mexico, then sailed to Europe, where he visited Spain, popped briefly to France, and travelled to Rome for an audience with the Pope in 1615.
VM4l8 TIL in 1945 San Marino became the first country ever to be ruled by a communist party through democratic elections
e0lGE TIL that the Iran women’s national soccer team fielded up to 8 men in 2015.
XEDYX TIL it is a tradition in the British Navy to sing "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" from Monty Pythons "Life of Brian" while in desperate straits
VM9xB TIL during the filming of "The Passion of the Christ", the actor portraying Jesus endured accidental lashings, a dislocated shoulder, a lung infection, pneumonia, and was even struck by lightning.