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TIL there are thousands of US cities with worse lead contamination levels than Flint, MI.

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KYG84 TIL that Tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise, while tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.
b6MGa TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life version of Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked in 1864 on the Auckland Islands for almost 20 months, 5 men survived by building a thatched hut with glass windows and bookshelves. They crafted a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells etc.
gMddb TIL that Melanophila beetles (known as fire chaser beetles) are able to sense forest fires from 80 miles away and seek them out since burnt wood is the source of nutrition for their young
ZEBp TIL There’s an airline that charges by your total weight, so fat people pay more than thin people
P1D6G TIL Xanadu, the exotic "stately pleasure-dome" from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan, was a real abandoned city in Inner Mongolia, China. Kublai Khan built it as the Yuan dynasty's summer capital, and Marco Polo visited during his travels.