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TIL about 25 million meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every day!

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D1X1v TIL the origins and history of the 'New York Greek coffee cup' seen in a lot of tv shows/movies
Z8pNa TIL- In 2015, a woman who lived in a house that straddled the NY/CT border lost half of her house because her mortgage provider did not pay the property taxes.
e0GWb TIL that shrapnel is named after its inventor - General Henry Shrapnel
Ege5X TIL when Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith was murdered in 1844, he had around 44 wives. About 25 followed Brigham Young—some he married, while others were given to different men. 11 stayed with their other husbands, (yes it was polyandry) and 8 didn’t follow Brigham’s church and moved away.
JZw1 TIL In 1924 Paavo Nurmi won four golds, but couldn’t participate on the 10 000 m: “Nurmi was so furious that he took to the warm-up track next to the stadium and ran the same distance at the same time. Ritola won gold with a world record, but just outside Nurmi had finished first.”