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TIL that the highest temperature ever recorded in Hawaii was 100 °F (38 °C), tied with Alaska for the lowest of any US state.

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YpADZ TIL the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built on Lake Texcoco, which was engineered to segregate freshwater & saltwater with dikes to maintain a drinking water supply. The Spanish drained the lake to build Mexico City, resulting in water shortages. Mexico City sank 10m over the past century.
N7D5e TIL that South Korea is the second leading consumer of Spam. Spam was introduced in Korea during WWII, and it was "godsend" for people in Korea and Japan who were starving as result of the war. Koreans view Spam as a delicacy and it is a popular gift item for the Lunar New Year.
xeL1 TIL there was an experiment where three schizophrenic men who believed they were Jesus Christ were all put in one place to sort it out.
8GXZ TIL that in 1943 hundreds of Aryan women gathered in Berlin to protest the mass arrest and consequent imprisonment of their Jewish husbands by the Gestapo. Following a week of protesting, night and day, they won their husbands’ freedom.
j6ykX TIL Japanese Shintoists consider it honorable to develop massive callouses on their shoulders after carrying heavy mobile shrines during their festivals.