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TIL In 1974 there were so many tornado warnings in Indiana that forecasters couldn't keep up. In frustration, they ended up putting the entire state under a tornado warning. This was the first and only time this has ever happened.

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5Y6kR TIL after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed 200.000 people, UN peacekeepers from Nepal were sent to the country. Sadly, the peacekeepers brought cholera with them leading to a massive outbreak which infected 800.000 people, and killing at least 9000.
jNNpX TIL of a prisoner program called Volunteers of Vacaville where inmates record books to tape, repair Braille machines, and do Braille transcription for the blind community
Kwww TIL there is an Indian version of “The Suite Life of Zach And Cody” called “The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir”
nekJd TIL that Adam Devine, who plays Adam Demamp on Workaholics, was hit by a cement truck at age 11, and both his legs were completely mangled. To pass time while recovering, he’d call radio DJ’s and impersonate celebrities, which is how he discovered his love of comedy.
Ab1x TIL Jon Stewart and his wife founded an animal sanctuary in New Jersey to rescue abused factory farm animals