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TIL - That King Tut had a Dagger made from a Meteorite

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4XPEa TIL: That there is internet via Amateur Radio!
awLeb TIL Aroldis Chapman holds the record for fastest pitch at 105.1 MPH. When Nolan Ryan played they clocked pitches at 10 feet from the plate, now they clock it at release point. Had Ryan pitched his record 100.9 today it would have clocked at around 108 MPH and he would have regularly thrown 106-107.
Qrpd TIL that there are dozens of houses in Detroit for sale at $1 a piece.
9KXQ TIL: In Wales in 1950 a man was wrongfully executed for the murder of his wife and daughter. It is the reason capital punishment is outlawed in the UK today
5Nlr TIL in 1985, Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected via newsprint.