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TIL the UK experiences more tornados per year than any other country in the world relative to its land area.

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ObVa TIL it was recommended for chemists to smoke while making cyanide, because cyanide leaks from the fume hood or apparatus would impart a characteristic flavor to the smoke.
m1wnv TIL that there is a woman in England who can see 99 million more colors than almost everyone else. And her father is color blind.
Jrdk TIL about “Curiosity”, an ‘experimental’ online mobile game by Peter Molyneux promising the winner a 'life-changing’ prize. There was a winner, back in May of 2013. He still hasn’t gotten his prize.
Y7aPW TIL Singapore imports so much sand that Indonesia has actually lost islands- Indonesia counts its islands before it's too late
bgOa TIL President Bush’s AIDS initiative has saved over a million people’s lives.