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TIL of storm chasers, people that actively search out storms and extreme weather to conduct meteorological research on the field, to report tornados, storms, hurricanes and other high-impact weather conditions to weather bureaus.

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VMbM0 TIL (initially from my textbook) that the Cheaper by the Dozen family was inspired by the Gilbreths. The mother Lilian (a psychologist), and the father Frank (an engineer) were famous for many other things besides the book one of their daughters wrote about the family.
Lk7YP TIL that there is a man named Christopher who can speak sixteen languages - despite having non-verbal IQ scores between 40 and 70. He was diagnosed with brain damage six months after his birth, and is institutionalized because he is unable to take care of himself
PYRjn TIL Obsidian was denied a bonus from completion of Fallout New Vegas because the game scored an 84 on Metacritic (one point under the contractual 85)
awGbA TIL male menstruation used to be a belief in some cultures where the Schistosoma parasites were endemic.
Eg8VP TIL that UGG and UGG since 1974 aren’t the same company. The shoes we have been buying in the USA all these years aren’t even made in Australia, and are not created by the original company.