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

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P11ML TIL that in order to quickly identify the training of their mules in a herd, the US Army shaved bells into the tail. One bell meant the animal could pack, two meant it could pack & drive, and three meant it was also broke to ride.
MeM4B TIL that right before he boarded his ship, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov said, “I'm not going to make it back from this flight.” He became the first person ever to die on a mission to space.
k81e TIL that three Popes fathered sons who succeeded them in the Papacy.
9wkbG TIL that the current head of the CIA, William J. Burns, earned a degree in history from La Salle University in Manila, Philippines.
vnwj TIL the first Australian ship to go to Japan was a boat full of convicts who mutinied against their masters in in 1829. After escaping to China the sailing master wrote an account of their journey, but until 2017 when an amateur historian found Japanese paintings of the ship no one believed him.