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TIL there must always be a cyclone somewhere on Earth

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x6NEg TIL in 2009 Nine women were rescued from what they thought was a Big Brother reality show house but turned out to be a criminal organization.
7GWb TIL Germany doesn’t have a minimum wage.
j65Bj TIL that from 1603 to 1867, Japan’s Tokugawa Shogunate enacted a policy called Sakoku that isolated the country from foreign trade and contact. Only Dutch, Chinese, and Korean traders were allowed to trade in Nagasaki under strict regulations and were strictly observed during their stay.
VBl5m TIL the Harvard Corporation was founded in 1650 to govern Harvard University, and is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere
bDPp TIL the 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. It could be heard 4,000 miles away, and people with in 100 miles had permanent hearing loss.