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TIL As a child, Stephen King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event.

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Eg9X7 TIL 1 in 8 American's Have Worked at a McDonald's
KOwxa Popcorn is truly ancient. Archaeologists have uncovered popcorn kernels that are 4,000 years old. They were so well-preserved, they could still pop. In 2012, scientists discovered popcorn cobs that were grown even earlier — more than 6,000 years ago.
6EXE7 TIL Bill Gates accidentally got into philanthropy after he and his wife accidentally came across extremely impoverished people while they were sight seeing. He now says philanthropy is the "best job in the world."
BgpWd TIL about the Storegga Slide. In about 6200BCE, structural failures in the Norwegian continental shelf triggered submarine landslides with 3500km³ of debris, causing extreme tsunamis in the North Sea. A similar event today would be catastrophic for many coastal cities of Britain and mainland Europe.
4kdp5 TIL: America considers Jesus to be white because a Lebanese man, George Shishim, arguing for his citizenship in federal court in 1909 said that, “If I am a Mongolian, then so was Jesus, because we came from the same land.”