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TIL while vacationing on a beach in Thailand, a 10 year old girl recognized the signs of a tsunami after learning about them in geology class two weeks prior. Hundreds of beach-goers were evacuated minutes before the devastating tsunami from the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake arrived.

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ky9g TIL in May, 2017, a big game hunter famous for pioneering “Monteria Hunts” where packs of dogs scare big game animals toward groups of hunters died after an elephant fell on him
exen TIL that Ben & Jerry’s sends all of their ice cream waste to local farmers to be used as pig feed. The pigs love the ice cream, but they refuse to eat one flavor. Mint Oreo.
oB67o TIL in 1997 a Danish woman visiting New York City was arrested and strip-searched for leaving her baby in a stroller outside a restaurant while she and the baby's father dined inside, a common practice in Denmark. She later sued the city and was awarded $66,000.
8aAMa TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the entire planet.
4kxJ TIL That in 2005 Israel honored 9 people for bombing the US Information Office in Egypt in 1954.