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TIL about the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge", an anticyclone high pressure wall which was blocking the North Pacific storm track from getting rain to California over the last roughly 8 years, causing the state's recent record breaking drought. It has finally dissipated and now we get rain again.

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XEN1R TIL about Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a 2003 racing video game frequently cited as one of the worst video games of all time. There is no time limit to complete a race, the opponent does not move, and completing a race rewards the player with a trophy bearing the phrase "You're winner !"
7r5gM TIL former President Harry S. Truman started his mornings with a 5 a.m. shot of Old Grand-Dad bourbon that — in Truman’s words — 'got the engine running.' He accompanied his morning whiskey fix with toast, eggs, bacon, and milk.
kOLm TIL the deepest hole ever drilled reached 7.6 miles (12.3 km) before drilling was stopped because the temperature at that depth became too high at 356°F (180°C)
vR8j TIL that St Jude’s Hospital, which has treated thousands of children with cancer, is not religiously affiliated, and instead was founded by actor Danny Thomas because of a promise to the patron saint of lost causes after he found success in Hollywood
m1WBv TIL about the "Tokyo Tower of Babel," a proposed 10 Kilometer tall tower that was designed to house up to 30 million people and was intended to be built in Tokyo Bay. If completed, it would have been the tallest structure in the world, but it remains an ambitious concept.