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TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)

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kJLB7 TIL the 7.9 magnitude 1906 San Francisco earthquake was not even the strongest or deadliest earthquake that year. Two 8.0+ magnitude earthquakes occured in Alaska and Chile on August 17, 1906 within 30 minutes of each other, the Chile one killing 3,882 people.
xJJ0 TIL Fox News has a whole segment dedicated to recycling Reddit material. It’s called “Fox On Reddit.”
N7AE TIL Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at base of Eiffel tower almost every day because he hated it and that was the only place in Paris from which he could not see it
ZpmkY TIL Atheism is a religion recognized by a court of law as such.
9wpBQ TIL the USS Colorado was the only Pacific Fleet battleship not at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack. She subsequently defended the Golden Gate Bridge, survived a kamikaze attack at Leyte Gulf and returned to San Francisco at war's end.