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TIL that an estimated 13-19% of all Sequoias more than 4ft in diameter were destroyed in wildfires since the 2020 fire season

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rEAx TIL residents of Pompeii almost all died instantly from extreme heat rather than from suffocation fire to ash/toxic gases
awbyA TIL that Walt Disney based movements of Mickey Mouse and of animatronic characters in Disneyland rides on the captured dancing and walking of Buddy Ebsen, later TV's Jed Clampett and Barnaby Jones.
BrpdD TIL 'The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World' is a secret society that still exists today. It was established by two African-American men in 1899 after they were denied entry into 'The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World' due to their race.
D1XDY TIL That the ARA General Belgrano that was sunk during the Falklands War (1982) between Argentina and the United Kingdom, was at anchor at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (1942).
Lkbx0 TIL New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik went on a date with then-closeted Pete Buttigieg while both were attending Harvard University