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TIL when Buddy Holly died, his pregnant wife first got the news through the TV, and the shock caused her miscarriage.

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oo5K TIL even though Einstein said “God does not play dice with the universe” He also said. “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.”
aZ5J TIL of the NYC “Pizza Principle” which is a historically accurate “economic law” reported by The New York Times where the price of a slice of pizza has matched the price of a subway ride. It has been successfully used to predict the increase of subway fare on multiple ocassions.
epEp4 TIL that during a power outage in 1994, LA residents made numerous calls to 911 reporting strange silver clouds hovering in the sky. They were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
xA5o TIL That people with “Morton’s toe” (correct term: Morton’s Foot Syndrome) actually have a shortened first metatarsal behind the big toe rather than an extra elongated one in the second toe.
yVVLp TIL that strongest insect in the world is Horned Dung Beetle that can lift over 1100 times its body weight which equals to an average person lifting 2 fully loaded 18 wheel trucks above their heads.