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TIL of Prisencolinensinainciusol. An Italian song made of nonsense words that's meant to sound like what English sounds like to non-English speakers

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5YEEB TIL That The highest wind speed ever recorded occurred on Barrow Island, Australia. On April 10th, 1996, an unmanned weather station measured a 253 mph wind gust during Tropical Cyclone Olivia. This eclipsed the previous record of 231 mph which was set by Mt. Washington on the 12th April 1934.
j6B0Q TIL that there was an unrelated Japanese Paranormal Activity sequel called "Tokyo Night"
MvpA TIL that duct tape has been brought on every NASA mission since the sixties and saved the lives of everyone aboard the Apollo 13
N7e08 TIL that there are over 200 bodies on Mount Everest that are used as landmarks.
nWkmd TIL that in 1976 before going to a show Keith Richards received news that his three month old son had died from SIDS; he made the choice to perform that night regardless but was criticized for doing so. He later stated that if he hadn't done the show that night he would probably have shot himself.