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TIL that Rome had a proto fire department called the Vigiles.

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pYvQp TIL In 2012, following the Negros earthquake in the Philippines, rumors spread in Cebu City that a tsunami had hit causing residents to panic. The panic was said to have been caused by a misinterpreted cry for someone named "Chona Mae," which was mistaken as a call for "tsunami."
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YpVX7 TIL that Helen Keller, an American author who was deaf and blind, could distinguish people by the vibration of their footsteps
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