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TIL Hong Kong has a color-coded warning system for rain
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TIL The highest settlement in the world is La Rinconada, Peru. At an elevation of 5,100 m, it is higher in elevation than every mountain in the contiguous United States.
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TIL German author Hermann Hesse's mother was born in India. His grandfather compiled the Malayalam language, wrote the English-Malayalam dictionary & translated the Bible from English to Malayalam. This all lead to his 1922 novel 'Siddhartha'.
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TIL the first Fantasy (American) Football player ever drafted upon its creation was the legendary Hall of Fame George Blanda in 1962 by the The Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League
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TIL a perfectly smooth glass holding champagne wouldn’t have any bubbles in it.
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TIL Eddie Van Halen agreed to play the Guitar Solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It under 2 conditions. That he not get credit and that he wouldn't tell his band.