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TIL that in 1958 Howard Ulrich and his son sailed over a 1,720-foot wave caused by the largest tsunami ever recorded

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ANw54 TIL the naming of Haumea, the first dwarf planet since Pluto, was held up for years due to a dispute over who should be credited with its discovery. Michael Brown first noticed the planet but Jose Luis Ortiz first announced it. Brown accused Ortiz of fraud while Ortiz accused Brown of manipulation.
69RAQ TIL the most common videos of the February 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor were recording by dashcam.
7r4wr TIL cheese activates the same areas of your brain as cocaine and heroine
ADlYw TIL - The practice of giving money to children for their baby teeth likely started with the Vikings. Children's teeth were believed to bring good luck in battle, and Vikings would create necklaces from them.
mA0v TIL Salvador Dali was known for his eccentric behavior, some of the things he did include filling a Rolls Royce Phantom 2 with 500kg of cauliflowers, and having a pet ocelot named Babou.