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TIL: The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 136F (57.8C)

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xrEw TIL Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong back in WWII caused the population to drop from 1.6 million to 600,000 in just three years.
780gZ TIL in 2011 a drunken moose in Sweden became stuck in an apple tree while attempting to eat more fermented apples. Responding firefighters managed to bend the tree down far enough for the moose to slide off the branches and be set free.
wL14E TIL TED held its first conference in 1984 and included presentations from Apple, Sony and other professionals. It was a finalcial flop and it took 6 years for them to organize the next event in 1990.
xVwnD TIL of HMS Diamond Rock, which was commissioned as a Royal Navy warship despite being an uninhabited minor Caribbean island between Martinique and St. Lucia. Other British warships had to salute it when passing it.
VJR0 TIL that taller people make bigger salaries. Approx $789 a year per inch