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TIL that in 1929, an earthquake off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada caused an undersea landslide that displaced 48 cubic miles of the grand banks. This resulted in a 43' tsunami that killed 27 in coastal Newfoundland, and was recorded as far as Lagos, Portgual

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