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TIL blockbuster films are named after a bomb

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J1JZ8 TIL On Jan. 30, 1607, the water levels in the Bristol Channel in the UK suddenly rose to more than 25 feet above sea level. Water flooded towns and villages along the coast in England and Wales, causing an estimated 2000 deaths and thousands of animals drowned and farm fields of above 200sqmi ruined
b99dp TIL the only bloodshed in the Anglo-Swedish war occured when a Swedish general killed 30 Swedish farmers for refusing to fight.
GlZj TIL Due to name confusion, staff of the Slovak and Slovenian embassies meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail
neQwW TIL that in 1769, the Royal Society issued a series of tests to ensure Mozart was actually 8. Daines Barrington, who conducted the study, was convinced after seeing Mozart abandon his harpsichord in the middle of playing to chase a cat; they could not 'bring him back for a considerable time'.
VM74 TIL: In 1860’s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were “best friends” became local celebrities, their exploits were celebrated in local papers, and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers.