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TIL that weathermen in the US were forbidden to forecast tornadoes, because it was believed that the panic caused by tornadoes was more dangerous than the tornadoes themselves.

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YpZnv TIL last words of murderer James French in the eletrical chair were "How's this for your headline? 'French Fries'"
p88re TIL There is a Disney character that is not in any movie or TV show and can only be found in Disney World in Florida. The Orange Bird, a character that came through a partnership with Disney and the Florida Citrus Commission.
kJ8ad TIL of the Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest. A contest in Tokyo, Japan, to make babies cry with the best crier being said to have a long healthy life.
Z81EY TIL that Steve Jobs was in line to be awarded as Time Magazine's person of the year for 1982 but they decided to give it to a machine after he gave interviews denying paternity of his own daughter and disparaging the mother. The daughter went on to write a book that details how badly he treated her.
8yXa TIL that in 1967 British philosopher Bertrand Russell organized an international war crimes tribunal that unanimously concluded the U.S Government was guilty of genocide against the people of Vietnam.