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TIL A heat wave and heat dome are not the same. A heat wave is a prolonged period of abnormally warm weather. However, a heat dome occurs when a high pressure system stalls, trapping a huge mass of hot air underneath. It's like a lid on a pot, trapping the hot air and preventing it from escaping

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NM1b TIL Student debt in America now exceeds $1 Trillion.. that is even greater than the nation’s credit card debt!
ZpAXD TIL about Elmer McCurdy, who was shot and killed after robbing a train in 1911. For the next 65 years, his body was put on display at amusement parks, with his identity being completely forgotten. Eventually, an autopsy was performed, revealing multiple ticket stubs inside the corpse's mouth.
BXae TIL that the death toll of the Rwandan Genocide accounted as much as 20% of the country’s total population
pYdgp TIL about the hoax around’Drop Bears’. It’s a myth primarily concerned with tricking gullible tourists into thinking koala-like creatures will drop down randomly and attack from trees
OoYD4 TIL that Panera Bread tried to stop a Qdoba Mexican Grill from opening nearby by trying to argue that a 'burrito is a sandwich' and thus breaking the lease agreement restricting rent from another 'sandwich shop'