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TIL about the Braunschweig meteorite, a 1.3kg meteorite that hit a concrete path in Germany, leaving a 3cm deep/7cm wide crater.

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GYwMj TIL about the "Linxia cheetah", a fossil cat from China that is now known to have been a forgery. The Linxia cheetah was constructed using a combination of assorted bones and plaster.
6E7nZ TIL 250 Union soldiers surrendered to the Confederates, enlisted in the Confederate Army while held as POWS, were recaptured by the Union Army, and then re-enlisted as Union soldiers. They were called Galvanized Yankees.
VQnZ TIL South Africa has one of the largest impact craters on Earth. It is called the Vredefort Dome and is about 160 km in diameter.
rQed TIL Ulrich von Liechtenstein was a real man, and his autobiography depicts him as an undefeated jouster, competing for the hand of a noblewoman who demanded great deeds to even hold her hand.
mxeQP TIL about The Radium Craze. At the beginning of 20th century, radium was a miracle element, it was used in products from toothpaste to soap, hair and face creams, in food such as butter and milk. Doctors recommended it for the treatment of everything from arthritis to impotence to senility.