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

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6E4a7 TIL Once a year, fish swim to Mexico for an orgy so loud it can deafen dolphins and sea lions
gr6M4 TIL Mao Zedong is is generally credited with eradicating both consumption and production of opium in China during the 1950s. Under his government, 10 million addicts were forced into compulsory treatment, dealers were executed, and opium-producing regions were planted with new crops.
nVBY TIL because their shows were so large, Van Halen inserted a clause in the middle of its contract requesting a bowl of M&Ms in the dressing room with all brown pieces removed. If they were not removed, they line-checked the entire production, often finding potentially life threatening oversights.
OonnL TIL World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role. It was one the keys in convincing people to fight in the war. At the start of the war the British cut Germany’s undersea cables to influence the reporting of the war to the world.
kldW TIL that the largest known star is 4,982,686,912 times bigger than the sun, and is only 9,500 light-years away.