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TIL of the 6/29/12 Derecho. A derecho is a single storm that travels over 250 miles, in sequence, with at least three instances of 75mph+ winds. This one started near Chicago at 2pm and traveled all the way to the east coast by midnight on the same day.

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P1K6g TIL Karpov vs. Kasparov, World Chess Championship 1984 match lasted for five months & five days. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes unilaterally terminated the match, citing the players' health despite both players wanting to continue. Karpov is said to have lost 10 kg over the course of the match.
PYDPZ TIL in 2009 the Large Hadron Collidor was temporally disabled by a bird dropping a chunk of baguette on an electrical substation. In 2016, the LHC was again shut down, this time by a weasel.
MAJB TIL South Korea ranks 3rd in global suicide rates, and the biggest cause for youths? Bad scores related to an extremely difficult universal university entrance exam.
p8d9e TIL that Kevin Bacon is married to his distant cousin, Kyra Sedgwick. The couple apparently first found out while both were participating on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” back in 2012.
R7n79 TIL of Stendhal syndrome which is a psychosomatic disorder that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art.