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TIL The US Geologic Survey analyzes twitter data that can often identify earthquakes faster than their own sensors as well as filter out false positives from their sensors.

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OLX1 TIL Thanos (the purple villain at the end of Avengers) has a brother, Starfox, who is sex crazed and has a very rapey anaphrodisiac-like superpower.
PYO9V TIL bounty hunting is legal in most parts of the United States and in some states bounty hunters can even enter private property to arrest without a warrant or permission. They also have caught "about 90% of people who jump bail".
E1YV7 TIL that George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch has its own fire department, and they have a mutual agreement with the government to respond to fires off the compound.
o9jL TIL: One out of every four animals on Earth is a beetle
MexNB TIL a village in India is addicted to chess after one man taught everyone how to play 50 years ago to stop excessive alcohol use and gambling which has now all declined to almost nothing