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TIL about Rob McKuen, the bestselling poet in American history who sold 60 million books and 100 million records but is all but forgotten today

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4k9va TIL about Typhoon Cobra, a category 5 Typhoon that killed 790 US sailors in the South Pacific Fleet in 1944
M7VpK TIL Missouri, United States has a Single Man Tax (bachelor tax): Single men between the ages of 21 and 50 must pay a $1 annual tax. The law was enacted in 1820, presumably to encourage more men to marry.
erED TIL Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) published his bank and acct # in his newspaper column, claiming “worst-case scenario, someone would be able to pay money into my account.” Within a few days, someone set up a direct debit for £500 in favor of a charity, which didn’t require any identification.
NXA4M TIL There is a zip code, 98164, in Seattle that is only 1 city block and has only 250 people in it.
4d06 TIL that the President of France in 1920 was completely mad. He greeted the British ambassador wearing nothing but his official decorations and once walked out of a state meeting and jumped in a lake fully clothed.