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69WZJ TIL that the highest temperature ever recorded in Hawaii was 100 °F (38 °C), tied with Alaska for the lowest of any US state.
xVOpB TIL:-Sandeep Singh was born at Shahabad town of Kurukshetra, Haryana state of India.
jNJAn TIL that the Teddy Bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt when a political cartoon was released showing his refusal to kill a helpless bear deeming it "unsportsmanlike".
gLEA TIL when Facebook users voted for Taylor Swift to perform at a school for deaf students as a prank, the school was removed from the contest, but Swift donated $10K to the school, 4 companies matched her donation, VH1 gave $10k in instruments, & Swift gave the students tickets to her Boston concert.
l7WKa TIL longer passwords are considered more secure than more complex passwords. A password of length 20 using only letters and numbers is much more secure than a password of length 15 that uses letters, numbers, and symbols