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TIL that The only difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs. Hurricanes are from the Atlantic and Typhoons are from the Pacific.

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Zpplp TIL about D.U.F.F. (Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions), a NASA project that produced an incredibly small nuclear reactor: K.R.U.S.T.Y. (Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology).
Y9VP TIL Los Angeles consumes the same amount of water today as it did in 1970, with 1 million more residents. The city consumes approximately 123 gallons per capita, per day, which is the best in the entire nation.
p8pxe TIL Silent-era film director F. W. Murnau (1888 - 1931, director of Nosferatu) had his grave robbed in 2015. His skull was removed and candle wax found in the grave suggests an occult ritual was performed. The crime is unsolved and his skull remains missing.
m1wnv TIL that there is a woman in England who can see 99 million more colors than almost everyone else. And her father is color blind.
WomB TIL - There is an “Edible Park” in Ashville, NC. It has over 40 different fruit and nut trees that the public is allowed to go and pick fresh fruits from.