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TIL the town of Codell, Kansas was hit by tornadoes on the same day, May 20, for 3 consecutive years

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KOBw6 TIL about Dr. Rodney Marks, an Australian astrophysicist who died from methanol poisoning while working at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. The cause of the fatal methanol poisoning has never been determined. Forty-nine other people were at the base at the time of Marks' death.
GYBP7 TIL the director of the film adaptation of The Time Machine (2002) was H.G. Wells' great-grandson. He was also a consultant for the future scenes in Back to the Future II.
9wALp TIL of pneumoencephalography, a diagnostic procedure used until the 1970s where doctors drained most of the cerebral spinal fluid around the brain and replaced it with oxygen in order to make the brain show up more clearly on an X-ray
gXY7 TIL On May 24, 1987, 300 000 people walked across the Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It sagged 7 feet
QVE9 TIL The TV show “The Jetsons” was created in the year 1962 and took place in the year 2062. Meaning we are living closer to when the Jetsons lived then when they were originally created.