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TIL - The chicxulub asteroid that killed the dinosaurs created a magnitude 12 earthquake

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5n0R TIL that the name “Haggen Dazs” has no meaning; The founder sat at his kitchen table for hours saying nonsensical words until he came up with something that would appeal to Americans.
EBP0 TIL there is a US Navy ship named after a mountain, which was named after a president: the USS Mount McKinley
jNagE TIL that Samuel Little was the most prolific American serial killer. He claimed to have killed as many as 93 women and the FBI has confirmed his involvement in at least 50 murders, the largest number of proven cases for any serial killer in US history.
JYdmk TIL Stephen King's father left his family under the pretense of "going to buy a pack of cigarettes".
logN1 TIL about the Indonesian Communist purge in 1965/66 - over 500,000 to 1 M communists were killed, and US played a significant role in the killings, supplying economic, technical and military aid to the Indonesian military when the killings began and providing "kill lists"