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TIL Some of the largest Earthquakes in US recorded history took place not in California, but in and around Missouri in 1811-1812. The area in which some of these quakes were felt was 10X larger than that of the infamous 1906 San Francisco Quake.

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rNY0W TIL second runway of Narita Airport was supposed to pass through Takao Shito’s land, but because of the legal problems, it now basically encircles it. Farming takes place amidst the roar of takeoff and the impacts of aircraft landings.
Z8gdR TIL In languages, there is a reproducible correlation between the time required to pronounce numbers in a language and the memory span of its speakers. e.g Chinese number words are remarkably brief. Most of them can be uttered in less than (1/4)th of a second which results in their high memory.
b99mp TIL that since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction
8e67V TIL some earbud manufacturers put a tactile mark on the left earbud for blind people to recognise L from R. Usefull even for people with no vision imparities to recognise them in dark
698lw TIL that Thomas Paine became a deputy in the French parliament and voted against executing King Louis XVI