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TIL In 1905 Norway voted 99.95% in favour of independence from Sweden and only 184 opposed

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R5B17 TIL 9/11 Memorial Staff Place White Roses Daily to Honor Victims on Their Birthdays
OoVZY TIL that a magnitude 15 earthquake on the Richter scale would destroy the planet.
QJmOE TIL Denver Pyle (Uncle Jessie from the Dukes of Hazzard) made a fortune by buying oil wells cheaply that were thought to be end-of-life, and holding until later technology improved to allow extraction of more oil, and only continued acting for the fun of it
9dKQ TIL that Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting a condom on fire for “extra light”.
Y7V7B Today I learned that the composer of Pennsylvania 6-5000, Glenn Miller died because his plane disappeared. He was flying from England to France and was never seen again. The mystery is left unsolved