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TIL the 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado caused numerous fatal fungal infections in people injured by debris.

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xVjO7 TIL in 1958 the filmmaker William Castle came up with one of the most famous movie marketing stunts of all time. Upon purchasing a ticket to the Movie "Macabre" you were also given a $1,000 life insurance policy. If you died of fright during the film, the film promised to pay out to your heirs.
XBj6 TIL Green beer bottles (Stella Artois, Heineken, etc.) greatly damage the beer inside
p8o8p TIL "Ahegao" is the japanese word for exaggerated hentai faces in doujinshi
epN0b TIL the Great Chicago Fire wasn’t even the deadliest fire in the midwest the day it happened. The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin burned 1.2 million acres and killed anywhere from 1500 to 2500 people, five times as many as the Great Chicago Fire.
O0BY TIL all Hass avocados (the ones you get in grocery stores) descended from a single tree in California, which was planted using unknown seeds