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TIL there's no automation in measuring snowfall - the US National Weather Service has thousands of volunteers with rulers

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XQW6 TIL: At its center, a place climatologists call absolute desert, the Atacama is known as the driest place on Earth. There are sterile, intimidating stretches where rain has never been recorded, at least as long as humans have measured it
loxDV TIL that, despite the reputation of black cats, a black cat named Luna saved her human family from a house fire.The house burned down to the ground, but not before Luna woke her owner in time by pawing and biting her feet. Once awake, Emily Chappell-Root evacuated her family from the blaze.
4A6w TIL during WW2, a German fighter ace noticed how a US B17 was too damaged to fight back, escorted it back to Britain, risking execution in the process. After the war, both pilots became best friends, whilst this event symbolised one of the greatest acts of chivalry in war
nGV7 TIL that there is a real criminal called Dr. Chaos who is currently being held in Federal supermax prison in Colorado for causing 28 power failures and hoarding large amounts of cyanide.
nWabP TIL: Survivors of Bubonic Plague (Black Death) of Europe had genes that led to increased chances of developing autoimmune disorders.