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TIL 75 percent of all tornadoes occur in the US.

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gr17y TIL the Night Stalker killed Peter Pan. His 16th victim.
nW9y7 TIL of John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland. Only one servant saw him for two decades; no one else, not even his doctor. He built 15 miles of tunnels under his estate including a giant ballroom that never had dances. Every room in his mansion and everywhere underground was painted pink.
xVpb1 TIL the Chinese anthem originated from a movie.
wRyM TIL that in the 18th century John Harrison claimed that he could build a clock to keep time to within a second over 100 days; it triggered widespread ridicule at his time. The clock had been built to his exact specifications in 2015; it was declared the “most accurate mechanical clock”
x5Ag TIL: the word “synonym” has a synonym and it’s “Poecilonym”