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TIL During Hurricane Harvey, the National Weather Service had to add two new colors to the rain accumulation map as the old color key topped out at an amount of rain they never before thought would fall.

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9M9X TIL that Thomas Jefferson was educated and tolerant about Islam, and forsaw Muslims running for president.
vPegK TIL When (Anheuser-Busch chairman) Gussie Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals, he attempted to name their ballpark "Budweiser Stadium" and was denied due to baseball's alcohol advertising rules. In response, he named it "Busch Stadium" and launched the first Busch branded beer two years later.
GYBW1 TIL that there's a grocery chain in the UK called Iceland Foods that once pursued legal action against Icelandic companies that use the name Iceland in their names. Iceland Foods was founded in 1970, while the country Iceland was established in 874.
v1OV4 TIL of the Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Mystery. German farmer found footprints leading from the woods to his farm, but no footprints going back. Days later he was murdered along with his whole family.
6vNW TIL There have been no deaths in Australia from a spider bite since 1979