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TIL that there is no hurricane that has ever crossed the equator

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5XLQ TIL that the Greek explorer Pytheas was the first to encounter the northern arctic ice caps, the Germanic tribes, and the Midnight Sun. He was also the first to posit that the tides were caused by the moon and visited Great Britain in 325 BC.
dD7nK TIL that british climber Alan Hinkes had to be air rescued from Nanga Parbat in 1997 when flour from a burnt chapati (a type of flatbread) got up his nose, making him sneeze so violently that he prolapsed a disc. He waited 10 days in agony before being rescued and is since known as the "chapati man"
yQ008 TIL That "Dumpster" is a proprietary eponym, or a brand name that is commonly used to refer to most similar products. It was named after the creators, the Dempster brothers.
KYOG4 TIL 20% of the population of the Six Nations tribes fought in WW2. The Choctaw language baffled German codebreakers, and Iroquois, who had officially declared war during WW1 and never made peace, officially declared war on Germany again during WW2.
LAor TIL When threatened by wasps, honey bees form a ball around them and vibrate, killing the wasp with their body heat