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TIL that when Hurricane Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, pressure sensors on the ocean floor detected a freak wave 91 feet tall. Computer simulations suggested that at the storm's peak as a Category 5 it was producing waves over 130 feet high.

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XEpor TIL Nasa developed a internet protocol that could connect our entire solar system called DTN (Disruption Tolerant Networking)
V7jk TIL astronauts discard their clothes after each use. Since it cost about $10,000 to get one pound of cargo to the ISS it is more cost effective for them to discard their cloths when they get dirty instead of wasting water by washing them.
aBxo TIL that in 1970 a prominent surgeon said a woman would be unfit to be president during the Bay of Pigs because of “raging hormones,” when actually JFK had hormone imbalances from Addison’s disease
a8yb TIL that a guy working for the European Union speaks 32 languages fluently
yV7DX Til if a bear injures or consumes humans it must be euthanized because a bear that loses its fear of humans is a dangerous animal