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TIL that the United States experiences 75% of the worlds known tornadoes

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0wKy1 TIL of Mariya Tsukanova, a Soviet medic during WW2. She saved dozens of lives, and took up a machine gun, firing until she lost consciousness from injuries. Being outnumbered, she was brutally tortured and executed by the Japanese and killed. She was named "Hero of the Soviet Union." posthumously.
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.
lrWK TIL 40% of corn is used for ethanol to add to fuel; another 40% is used for livestock feed
pyKA TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China.
wg91 TIL Robert Kennedy took up a paper route as a young boy. However, he had the family chauffeur driving him, so that he could make his deliveries in a Rolls-Royce.