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TIL the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a YouTube playlist of tsunami simulations

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6E0oQ TIL farmer Wilmer McLean fled Virginia after the First and Second Battles of Bull Run occurred on his property and damaged his home. In 1865, his new home in Appomattox was selected by Colonel Marshall of the Confederacy to be the site of Lee's meeting with Grant, ending the war.
1amDX TIL Richard Nixon and his family were the first guests to ride the monorail at Disneyland
NXMWJ TIL that the TIE fighter sounds on Star Wars were created from elephants.
k6V1 TIL a shark’s heart is under it’s tongue.
QB4M TIL ship cook Harrison Okene survived on the bottom of the ocean in an air pocket for almost three whole days before being rescued by recovery divers.