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TIL Greenday's American Idiot was released 20 years ago August 6th

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8aknb TIL: Howard Ulrich and his 7-year old son were fishing in Lituya Bay, Alaska, in 1958 when a landslide generated a 1,720ft tsunami, the largest in recorded history. He and his son both miraculously survived, being found nearly a mile from where they were anchored at the time the wave hit their boat.
rRMax TIL Norway formally annexed about one-fifth of Antarctica in 2015
0eWL TIL That United States Patent #6630507 is a direct contradiction to the USA stance on Marijuana. | The Department of Health and Human Services has patented the use of Cannabinoids as a neuroprotectants and to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
PYALG TIL over 95% of pilots land their planes when conditions dictate that they shouldn’t.
Y7PgA TIL that the Apollo astronauts had to go through customs when they returned from the moon. They had to declare things like moon rock and other lunar samples.