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TIL over 7,000 accidental plane crashes happened on American soil during WW2, killing over 15,000 people.

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YpElv TIL a 61 year old potato farmer won an ultra marathon Sydney to Melbourne in 1983
GYeZN TIL emergency departments in the UK are called A&E and sometimes even the CW—in the US those are TV channels. In hospitals they stand for “accident and emergency“ and “casualty ward“.
07K5 TIL That the word “bedlam”, meaning chaos, is derived from the infamous Bedlam insane asylum established in 1247. It was notorious for its brutal treatment of the mentally ill, and for allowing fee paying spectators to watch the “bedlam”.
KY8RJ TIL that Apples first CEO Michael Scott went on to become an expert on coloured gemstones. Micheal has even written a book on them. He has also assembled a private collection that he exhibited at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California.
0w0Pp TIL of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928. Located in Angeles National Forest, the reservoir held 12 billion gallons of water. The dam failed before midnight on March 12th. A 140 ft flood wave swept debris and bodies 54 miles to the pacific ocean. Second worst loss of life in California history.