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TIL - 1816 was “the year without summer”

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R7Va9 TIL Jon Stewart was a talented college soccer player who scored the only goal in a key game leading to the NCAA tournament.
grol8 TIL The last captive Carolina parakeet, Incas, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918, in the same cage as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914.
MepYm TIL the tsunami of Christmas 2004 created a massive cliff 750 miles long and 50 feet high.
pYmPb TIL DeForest Kelley, who played Dr McCoy in Star Trek, wanted to become a doctor, but couldn't afford medical school. He regularly received letters from fans who went into medicine because of him and said "to influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry"
Rv48 TIL The original Doritos were made at the Casa de Fritos at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Using surplus tortillas, the company-owned restaurant cut them up, fried them, and added basic seasoning. These resembled the Mexican chilaquiles, but in this case being dry.