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TIL that the Chicxulub asteroid sent pieces of Earth as far as Jupiter’s moons.

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Y70Av TIL Frank Thomas is the only baseball player with over 10,000 at bats who never recorded a sacrifice bunt
69enm TIL theres a Texas law that prohibits shooting a buffalo from the second floor of a hotel. This law is very specific, apparently allowing the shooting of buffalo from other locations.
jNBEM TIL that Massachusetts once banned Christmas for 22 years because people celebrated too hard--drinking too much, partying in the streets, and breaking into houses
6EMRw TIL Alexander J. Vilicky, a 19 year old modder, insulted Bethesda and said he could make much better DLC than them with a fraction of the resources. He then made The Falksaar Mod, which included almost 30 hours of new content. Because of this, Bungie had hired him as a developer at their studios.
geP9 TIL using long words doesn’t make readers think you’re smart. The first psychology paper, reporting on this result was called “Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity”