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TIL the deadliest recorded hailstorm occurred in India in 1888 and killed as many as 246 people with hail the size of Oranges.

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VMDe8 TIL the passenger pigeon once had a population of 3-5 billion birds in North America. Hunters killed tens of thousands of them every day, then ignored calls to protect them when their numbers dwindled, until the last wild one was shot and stuffed in 1902, and the last captive one died in 1912.
kJVX1 TIL that Warren Buffett made over 99% of his wealth AFTER the age of 65
jNn0X TIL that Arlington Cemetery was the estate of Robert E. Lee and his wife. It was seized by the Government during the Civil War and turned into the famous military cemetery we know today.
adJZ TIL that there is a small group of Filipino Marines living about a rusting grounded Ship in the middle of the South China Sea, they are the only thing that stands between ever pressing Chinese Fishing and Warship vessels from De facto control of the Area.
a80L0 TIL that in "The Colbert Report," the full name of the fictionalized version of Stephen Colbert is "The Reverend Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World"