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TIL in 1997, a cow fell out of a plane and sunk a boat.

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x6oKb TIL Paul Stanley (lead singer for the rock group KISS) cannot hear out of his right ear. His ear was misshapen from a birth defect called microtia. In 1982 he had reconstructive surgery and his new ear was formed from cartilage from one of his ribs, with skin grafts put over it.
loO5A TIL many pioneers of breakdancing credit their exposure to Kung Fu from watching Bruce Lee movies, which were popular among African American audiences, with having a large influence on the improvised acrobatics and dance battles that are often associated with the dance style
pYa4e TIL that Brighton, one of the sunniest places in the UK, still has considerably fewer sunshine hours (~1,840) than 'Rain City' Seattle in the US (~2170)
4NAw TIL that readability tests suggest most Wikipedia articles are too sophisticated for their readers.
kOrmd TIL that the heart doesn't develop cancer because the cells don't divide and replicate enough to mutate into cancerous growths.