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

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4XMKa TIL that Joan Jett, Sherie Currie and Lita Ford were all in a band together called The Runaways.
Z66a TIL the first same sex couple in History were 2 manicurists to the Pharaoh, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. They are depicted facing each other and embracing in their joint tomb with inscriptions reading “joined in life and joined in death”
vE4x TIL The seal of the city of Atlanta features a phoenix because it is the only major American city that’s been completely destroyed by war. It was burnt to the ground in 1865.
mxYoy TIL that Sesame Street introduced Julia, the first Sesame Street muppet with autism, to raise awareness about autism among children
V1B TIL that Jack Nicholson made $50 million for playing the Joker in Tim Burton’s BATMAN. That’s a lot of 1989 bucks!