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TIL Republicans and Democrats used to switch symbolic colors until the 2000 presidential election

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4XGd5 TIL that when Hurricane Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, pressure sensors on the ocean floor detected a freak wave 91 feet tall. Computer simulations suggested that at the storm's peak as a Category 5 it was producing waves over 130 feet high.
VOLQ TIL that the most senior crayon maker for Crayola revealed at his retirement party that he was colourblind his entire time working for the company
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