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TIL Two of the highest concentrations of tornadoes outside the U.S. are Argentina and Bangladesh.

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0eDN TIL that a fourteen year old paper boy collecting money for delivering was given a nickel as payment. When he felt that the nickel was lighter than usual, he dropped it and the nickel opened, revealed a series of numbers. The FBI linked the coin to a Russian spy who was then jailed for 45 years.
BgQMr TIL that quidditch from Harry Potter has been adapted into a real-life sport, in which the players use brooms, but run instead of flying
epBPE TIL the Cherokee writing system was invented by one man, Sequoyah. His 6yo daughter was the first to learn it, but they were charged with sorcery. Kept apart, they wrote letters to one another; this convinced the town it was just communication. 25 years later, nearly 100% of Cherokee were literate.
awEA TIL that people seeing the movie version of “Clue” in theaters didn’t know which of the three endings they were going to see when they went into the movie. Eventually, theaters began advertising which ending the movie would have so people could see the endings they hadn’t already seen.
1ayw4 TIL actor Eric Bana started his career as an award-winning comedy performer.