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American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year. Number one: Camreigh.

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1Vdr TIL that in 1937 a 15-year-old growing up in St. Petersburg, Fla, was listening to a short-wave radio and picked up Amelia Earhart’s last radio transmission. She took notes and tried telling the authorities. No one believed her.
V1k0 TIL that the US FDA allows any food product containing less than five calories per serving to be labeled as “zero calories.”
p8mVA TIL About John Snow. An English physician whose findings inspired the adoption of anaesthesia as well as fundamental changes in the water and waste systems. He is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology.
ndZY TIL a madman in San Francisco declared himself, “Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.” The people were such good sports about it that they honored his regal decrees and the currency he created was widely accepted around the city. 30,000 attended his funeral
jNpXQ TIL there was a powerful geomagnetic storm in 1859 that, if it were to occur today, would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts, and damage