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TIL the Rocky Mountains locust has the Guinness world record for the largest animal gathering in the world and is mysteriously extinct one century ago.

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vaKK TIL that before becoming a Professional Wrestler, “Macho Man” Randy Savage was a MLB prospect, signed as a catcher out of High School by the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and also played outfield in the farm systems of the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox
p8lKp TIL in 1992, on average, a bank in Los Angeles was robbed every 45 minutes. Between 1985 and 1995 the ~3,500 retail bank branches in LA were robbed 17,106 times. In 1992 alone, there were 2,641 heists.
vAN7 TIL That Microsoft once had to rename the “Critical Update Notification Tool” in order to avoid the unfortunate acronym
BrX1L TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: "unknown compelling force"
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