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TIL according to the (US) National Earthquake Information Center there are approximately 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year, or 55 per day, with about 16 major earthquakes in any given year.

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D68J TIL As a commander in the Navy, L. Ron Hubbard was relieved of command after shelling an island that he thought belonged to the US and was unoccupied. It was a Coronado island south of San Diego in Mexican waters and home to several members of the Mexican Coast Guard.
yVXbX TIL the 9th of November is called Schicksalstag in Germany, because multiple historically very important events happened on that day such as the november revolution 1918, the Hitler Putsch in 1925, the Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
4PPo TIL that the English language has no future tense verbs, and English speakers have developed complicated and nuanced ways to talk about the future that many other languages lack.
W76VL TIL about Maundy Money. In Britain, the day before Good Friday, the reigning monarch personally gives elderly parishioners a specially struck set of coins (with their combined value adding up to the monarch’s age). Recipients are chosen based on their service to the church or their diocese.
Qe49 TIL In 1996 NASA generated electricity with a satellite on a 13 mile long wire, released from Space Shuttle. The wire was clearly visible from Earth and was one of the biggest human-made objects in space.