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TIL that the first known case of the Spanish Flu was reported at a military base in Kansas on March 11, 1918

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16dd TIL that the video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” helped reunite 26 missing children with their families.
X011k TIL that the longest-lasting tropical storm on record lasted 31 days. Despite traveling over 7,000 miles during its existence, it barely affected any land at all.
YpVDA TIL of the English succession wars which all started because 3 of England's potential heirs drowned in the English Channel. The white ship sank in 1120 with the legitimate son of Henry 1st, William, his bastard, Richard and his daughter Matilda, on board.
9Y4P6 TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips, they are molded out of powdered potato, wheat, and other additives
Z88vo TIL Paralympic medals have steel balls inside them which, when shaken, makes a rattling sound that helps notify visually impaired athletes to determine between medals.