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TIL there is a real meteor in the movie JAWS.

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a9W0 TIL According to the CIA, Income Inequality in the United States is worse than Russia, Kenya, the Philippines, and even India
oRn87 TIL the 1,667ft Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan has a 728 ton steel ball suspended between the 92nd and 87th floor, which counteracts the sway of the structure and prevents damage during powerful earthquakes and typhoon winds, its largest recorded movement was 39in.
k7a7 TIL in 1992 an inflatable bouncy castle took flight with 5 children inside. To save them, a 21 year-old man grabbed one of the trailing ropes, climbed up to the castle 15 metres in the air and pulled each child out, before losing his grip and falling through the canvas roof of a dodgems tent.
0dwkv TIL different colors of wax used for sealing letters represent the contents of the letter.