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TIL up until the 19th century, Hawaii was mosquito free

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wojg7 TIL that on 18 December 1944, Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet encountered a powerful Pacific Typhoon east of the Philippines. Three destroyers were sunk, 146 planes destroyed, 27 ships damaged, and 790 sailors killed; it remains the worst natural disaster in U.S. Navy history.
okeA TIL that from 1995-2001 one man cheated the McDonalds Monopoly game and walked away with $20 million.
KYgm4 TIL Bob Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, wants to repaint it aid its preservation.
YppWv TIL A&E created a list of the 100 most influential people of the last millennium and it was topped by Johannes Gutenberg, creator of the printing press
YZ1v TIL in 2010, a flash mob of black youth showed up at the Iowa State Fair, yelled “It’s beat whitey night!”, and proceeded to assault white fairgoers at random.