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TIL A guy called Art Bell radio show claiming he worked for Area 51, moments later the radio transmitter mysteriously was shut down

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b9p5E TIL the 2011 Japan earthquake was so powerful that it moved Japan 2 meters to the east and shifted the Earth on its axis.
e0OXD TIL the Blue Malayan Coral Snake, native to SE Asia, is venomous and there is no known antivenom if bitten.It has occasionally caused human deaths. It has unusually long venom glands, extending to 25% the length of the body.It grows to about 5 feet and subsists on other snakes, even its own species.
QZje TIL that Ali Maow Maalin, the last known survivor of smallpox, died in 2013 of malaria while he was carrying out polio vaccinations.
X4YR TIL that some fruit spreads use 3 different types of sweeteners. Why 3? Because if the company used only 1, it would have to list “sugar” as the first item on the ingredient list. By spreading the impact over three sweeteners, it can push fruit to the top of the list and hide the sweeteners below.
l7Er TIL that an East Germany film studio made several successful “Westerns”. The heroes were not cowboys but Native Americans.