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TIL that storms aren’t named randomly. There’s an official rotating list maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and names can be retired if the storm was especially deadly or costly.

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9PKG TIL An Oregon resident was sentenced to 30 days in jail after being found guilty of collecting 13 million gallons of rainwater.
graJ7 TIL The two spacesuits for the tentative 2024 moon landing will cost over $1 Billion to develop, as NASA considers them to be complete, one-person space vehicles equipped with the latest tech and life-support systems.
P1rxg TIL that Samuel Johnson once advised against mocking the seemingly useless inventions of the guy who rollerskated into a mirror whilst playing the violin, explaining that scientific and engineering principles were just as valid even when applied to "trifles".
5VO7k TIL about Return to Dust, a Chinese film which ends with the dirt poor farmer’s suicide. In the censored version, it ended with a statement that the farmer “moved to his new home in the winter of 2011 and started his new life with the help of the government and the warm-hearted villagers.”
P18yG TIL The Co-founder of the New York Times, Henry Jarvis Raymond, is also Co-founder of the Republican Party