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

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XEBDQ TIL Steve Martin leaked his own rider, which includes a roasted chicken to use as a dancing puppet, a pair of swim trunks in case there is a pool onstage, and a booklet called "How to Make Money From the Banjo". (The booklet must be more than two pages long.)
QJogE TIL Casa Bonita needs to monitor the airing of the South Park episode because it causes an influx of customers.
ReJa TIL Orville Redenbacher and partner Charlie Bowman paid $13,000 to an advertising agency that ultimately advised them to use “Orville Redenbacher” as the brand name for their popcorn hybrid.
E77o TIL Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.
b6ea7 TIL there is a hoax/conspiracy that makes people install electrolysers on their car engine in the belief they can create infinite energy out of nowhere.