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TIL Hawaii’s largest-ever earthquake occurred in 1868, and the aftershocks are STILL being observed.

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yQr1M TIL Tickets for the Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier fight in 1971 were so hard to get that the only way Frank Sinatra could get in was to ring up the editor of Life Magazine and ask for a press pass as a photographer. His photo of the fight ended up on the front cover of the magazine.
p8ZbO TIL about Aimo Koivunen, who overdosed on methamphetamine in WW2 while evading Soviet forces and ended up skiing 100km during the night losing his squad, ammunition and food supplies
4j7g TIL Danny DeVito joined Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia to help boost ratings after the 1st season failed to attract a large audience
gWry TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, decided to run for President himself in 1844, on a platform of smaller government and God as lawgiver.
kOeLd TIL that only 6.6% of the Hawaiian population is made up of native Hawaiians. (based on 2000 census)