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TIL there’s a 37% chance that the Cascadia fault will produce an earthquake within in the next 50 years powerful enough to destroy the Pacific NW.

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6R07 TIL 3 men from Yemen tried to sue NASA for invading Mars, claiming they had inherited it from their ancestors 3,000 years ago.
XE9m8 TIL About Jack Phillips, the 25-year-old Godalming-born telegraphist was aboard the Titanic when it hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912. He stayed at his post until the ship sank, frantically contacting nearby ships, in an attempt to save hundreds of lives. His body was never found.
wodl1 TIL about Boustrophedon, a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.
rPnw TIL That it is a taboo to wear green hats in China because it signals you as a cuckold
nW47o TIL that Russia has 10 ‘nuclear cities’ which were kept a secret from even Russias population until 1993, no one was allowed in or out yet it had full functioning populations in.