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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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e0RX6 TIL that all gift cards in Australia are now valid for 3 years from 'activation' or purchase, regardless of when they were bought and regardless of what it says on the card.
jQNj TIL that nematodes (C. elegans) from an experiment aboard the US space shuttle Columbia were found alive in the wreckage of the shuttle disaster in 2003.
6EvW TIL Japanese Brazilians are the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan.
p8O6Q TIL that commercial boosting, the act of a low ranked player paying a highly ranked player to place their account in a high rank, is a criminal offense in South Korea. Punishments can be up to 2 years in prison or a fine up to 20 Million Won, or 18,000 USD.
BoVD TIL during the WW1 Germans protested against the use of shotguns in trenches by the americans arguing Hague Convention forbid to employ arms that cause unnecessary suffering.