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

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WkORo TIL The first recorded instance of a person living in three centuries was that of Margaret Ann Neve, a woman from the British island of Guernsey who lived from 1792 to 1903.
6E1PQ TIL that Captain America's shield in the first Ironman movie was only there as a joke from an ILM artist during cinesync sessions to which Jon Favreau wanted to leave in just to see who else might notice it.
NXbeQ TIL the earliest-known references to windmills are to a Persian millwright in ad 644 and windmills in Seistan, Persia, in ad 915.
yQBlv TIL that the White House press briefing room was built on top of a 50 foot swimming pool.
j6Yyv TIL all the special effects in John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) was done by artist Rob Bottin, except for the Dog-Thing in the kennel scene, which was done by Stan Winston. Stan then declined screen credit in the film as to not take away from Rob’s work, so he got a "special thanks" mention.