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TIL The U.S. hasn’t been hit by a major hurricane since 2005, the longest ‘hurricane drought’ in recorded history

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e0L8g TIL every current European monarch is descended from John William Friso, Dutch Prince of Orange from 1702 to 1711
neAmP TIL that US Olympic gold medalists pay almost $10,000 in taxes for each gold medal they win.
NXMoP TIL there’s Wi-Fi on Mount Everest for the climbers.
NX0oe TIL saturation divers have to live weeks in a pressurized environment underwater.
Yp9KA TIl along with reforming the church, Luther reformed the musical world by expanding Choral music, establishing schools for music exploration, and exploring new musical instruments. Future musicians such as Bach drew inspiration from his new approach to start their own musical language revolutions.