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TIL the largest tropical cyclone ever recorded, if plopped on a map, would span the entire width of the contiguous United States.

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KOQXG TIL: The population can hold a General Strike where all laborers stop working to show a complete lack of confidence in the government.
NX818 TIL about Kriss Donald. This 15 year-old was murdered in 2004 by a gang of five men who had been in a fight with White people that week and decided to get collective vengeance against Whites. They found him, kidnapped him, gouged his eyes off, castrated him, stabbed him and finally set him on fire
pogZ TIL a US Army Lieutenant in WW2 sacrificed his life by calling an artillery strike – on himself. Knowing an incoming German advance was a huge threat, he volunteered to remain behind, directing the fire until the enemy reached him. His body was found next to approx. 100 dead German troops.
nWE5r TIL a message in a bottle originating from Massachusetts by a 5th grader named Ben Lyons in 1997 washed ashore last year in France and was found by Hubert Eriau. Ben's bottle was part of a class project he did while studying the ocean currents. Ben began his message with "Dear Beachcomber."
x6pKb TIL that emergency contraceptive pills aren’t abortifacients in any way you would define a start of pregnancy