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TIL that the asteroid linked to the extinction of dinosaurs would have generated a 2.9 mile high tsunami, if it had impacted the earth in the deep sea as opposed to the 328ft in height that it was.

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Y5Dd TIL that between 1900-1973, over 100 boys died at a Florida reform school for delinquents as a result of sexual and physical abuse, torture, beatings, and even outright murder from staff. The school only recently closed in 2011.
lXX5 TIL The 1940 census is online and you can search for ancestors easily.
OoGla TIL the river Styx from Greek myth actually exists and its waters may have been used to poison Alexander the Great
jNe0N TIL that 85-90% of passengers that fall overboard on cruise ships perish.
MeXvb TIL street vendors in East Asia have a very different way of making popcorn than in the West. They put kernels in a rotating steel pressure chamber over an open flame called a "popcorn hammer." Upon opening, all of the kernels pop at the same time with a huge "BOOM" that also serves as advertising.