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TIL a 57yo Japanese man has been learning to SCUBA dive specifically so he can look for his wife’s remains after she was presumably swept away during the 2011 tsunami. He says her last email to him was “… I want to go home”, and he is determined to make that happen.

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OGkQ7 TIL that Pyrocumulonimbus clouds form during intense wildfires when the heat from the fire sends a lot of smoke and hot air high into the atmosphere. This can create a type of cloud that is capable of producing lightning, which can sometimes start new fires.
69MWw TIL that Mary Kay Bergman, also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the official voice of the Disney character Snow White from 1989 to 1999 and the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's debut in 1997 until her death.
neaA7 TIL that in 1963, a White civil right activist named William Lewis Moore protested segregation by walking 400 miles,alone, from Tennessee to Mississippi to deliver his own letter to the governor, urging him to accept integration. 2 days after starting, he was found murdered in the side of a highway.
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wL8eJ TIL Patrick Stewart originally narrated a longer opening monologue in "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It remains on the soundtrack despite being cut from the film.