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4XL4o TIL that a Harley washed up onshore in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia after being swept away in the 2011 Japanese Tsunami. It was sent back to Japan to be restored by Harley-Davidson and returned to its owner. He instead opted it be placed in a museum as a memorial to the victims of the disaster.
w6BW TIL Arkham Asylum was named after Arkham, Massachusetts, the fictional town central to many H.P. Lovecraft stories.
nWy6W TIL Ron Moody (Fagin from the Oliver film) was also a Jewish WW2 RAF radar technician.
LQlYp TIL "Pokemon" means 'pocket monster(s)'
neO1d TIL that free nitrogen and oxygen atoms, generated by solar energy in the upper atmosphere, recombine at night to form nitric oxide (NO) in a process that releases a photon, thereby contributing to "Nightglow".