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TIL About "Intraplate Earthquakes" which refers to earthquakes that occur in places away from typical earthquake areas. This means that earthquakes could happen anywhere and puts cities and towns thought to be "earthquake safe zones" at a very high risk due to the unpreparedness for such events

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jJXn TIL that the 4 suits of cards (♢ ♧ ♡ ♤) correspond to the seasons in a year, and adding all the values of the cards (1 for ace, 11 for jack, 12 for queen, 13 for king, and 1 for joker) adds up to 365, the number of days in a year.
OoME7 TIL in 1977 the mayor of Vulcan, WV requested foreign aid from the Soviet Union after two years of requests to the state about repairing the town's only bridge. Within an hour of a Russian journalist's arrival, the state agreed to help repair the bridge.
DRgV TIL Kathryn Bigelow is the first and only female to win the Academy Award for Best Director, winning for the 2009 film “The Hurt Locker”
neyvW TIL in 1986, a large male gorilla named Jambo stood between a five-year-old boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, after the boy fell into the gorilla exhibit and lost consciousness.
rNdlw TIL, whales can make a poonado up to 100 feet wide to hide themselves