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TIL that Tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise, while tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.

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9Y00D TIL people from Indiana are known as “Hoosiers”
KO7e4 TIL in the 1970’s the United States government forcibly sterilized as many as 70,000 Native American women, often without consent or knowledge.
OrKR TIL that the President of Singapore must not be a member of any political party in order to run for office
EgD4p TIL the US Capitol granite is so radioactive it would not pass a safety check if it were a nuclear power plant
GYXpE TIL: 14-year-old Roman Emperor Elagabalus was a cross-dressing, sex-obsessed torture fiend who may have invented the whoopee cushion. He loosed venomous snakes into gladiatorial crowds and released his pet lions and leopards into banquet halls or the bed chambers of his guests.