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TIL that meteorites are actually incredibly cold when they land on Earth; they're cold from being in deep space for so long that re-entry doesn't warm them up significantly.

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JlA1 TIL that, to stop the theft of trees in public parks near Christmas time, some cities spray would-be Christmas trees with fox urine. It freezes and is odorless outdoors, but would be unbearable and irremovable if taken into someone’s home.
6EAlm TIL an Assistant US Attorney investigating sexual predators & drug rings was found stabbed 36 times, hundreds of miles from his home. Some wounds were on his back, his hands shredded, his scrotum & neck sliced & there was an unidentified fingerprint in his car. His death was ruled suicide.
8agyL TIL on average five Australians a year die trying to save others from drowning
GLbJ TIL that in 1993, an Army husband cut off his wifes lovers head, dropped in her lap while she was in the hospital pregnant and said “"Look Diane, Glover’s here. He’ll sleep with you every night, only you won’t sleep at night.”
XEKkD TIL passenger side mirrors were uncommon on cars for most of the 20th century.