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TIL Chef Anthony Bourdain had a kitchen knife custom-forged from a Meteorite

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Eybp TIL the highest paid CEO in the US made $141,949,280 in 2013. Put another way, he made approximately the average yearly household income in the US…every 3 hours.
KYr7a TIL while viewing a solar eclipse on 18 August 1868, French astronomer Pierre Janssen made an observation that led to the discovery of helium. It was the first time a chemical element was discovered on an extraterrestrial body before being found on the earth.
l767V TIL attempted suicide was illegal in Britain in the late 19th century. The sentence? Hanging.
R4l8 TIL San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Briggs has talked approximately 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge sine 1994
b6OA9 TIL that India has the world's largest population of wild tigers, with an estimated 70% of the global tiger population residing in the country. The Bengal tiger, which is found primarily in India, is not only the national animal of India but also the largest tiger subspecies.