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TIL typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are all the same type of storm, they're just called differently depending on where they form

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xVlE7 TIL that there is a military-only resort on Disney property in Florida that charges guests based on their rank.
0vy5 TIL: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin almost died on the moon due to a faulty switch. As a result, they were unable to blast off into lunar orbit so Buzz Alrdin had to fix the issue by jamming a pen into the broken switch
15jP TIL that a 46 year old man found and attacked a 13 year old kid because the kid killed him too many times in Call of Duty.
d8A7 TIL that Leonard Cohen wrote over 80 verses for his widely-coverd song “Hallelujah.” The version recorded by former Velvet Underground member John Cale, the first of over 100 recorded covers and the basis for the iconic Jeff Buckley rendition, was made from 15 pages of lyrics faxed to him by Cohen.
DOVY TIL In 2008, Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella. Someone uploaded a mobile video of it to Youtube. Prince quickly made Youtube remove it. After finding out about the blocking, Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke said “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”