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TIL that due to popular misconceptions, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a webpage explaining “Why don’t we try to destroy tropical cyclones by nuking them”

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dBLK TIL that anise, star anise, and licorice are completely botanically unrelated, despite smelling and tasting very similar.
9PmQ TIL there is an area in Canada with less gravity than the rest of the Earth
9wwop TIL that the American inventor Isaac Newton Lewis—creator of the Lewis Gun used by America and her allies in WWI—turned down more than $1.2 million in royalties for his invention, equivalent to $35.5 million in 2022 terms
rNyEe TIL about Mount Kumgang, a North Korean resort that was opened in 1998 for Southern vacationers during a time of increased North-South cooperation. However, South Korea suspended tours in 2008 when a SK woman was shot dead after wandering into an off limits area. It was later demolished in 2022.
Z8D4R TIL that in 1974, after the premiere of The Godfather Part II, the gangster Meyer Lansky called Lee Strasberg, who played Hyman Roth (who was based off Lansky) to congratulate him on a job well done