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TIL the deadliest blizzard in history occurred in 1972, in Iran. 4000 people died and over 200 villages were totally wiped out for good.

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ADQNo TIL while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in London, Johnny Depp received a letter from a local 9 year old girl, who asked for help with "munity" against her teachers. Depp turned up with no warning at the school in full Jack Sparrow outfit, but advised against munity.
QJwre TIL in WWII, Germany carried out only one land operation in north America, the installation of a secret weather station in Newfoundland. They scattered American cigarette packets and planted a sign saying "Canadian Meteor Service" in case anyone found it, and the site wasn't rediscovered until 1977.
rNGB4 TIL Human feet are being found on the beach in the Pacific North West of the United States. So far there have been 20 random feet in the past couple of decades.
PQQO TIL during the Second World War, Rolex’s German founder let British POWs order any watch they liked, and then pay for it whenever they wanted to.
nWkK9 TIL in 1838, France invaded Mexico because of the looting of a French-owned bakery in Mexico City, leading to the Pastry War which resulted in a blockade of Mexican ports until diplomatic negotiations resolved the conflict.