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TIL Cleopatra was not Egyptian but a descendant of a Macedonian dynasty. (part of Greece today)

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OMX1 TIL In 2001, 8-year-old Jessie Arbogast was attacked by a 7-foot-long bull shark that tore off his arm, his uncle hearing the commotion grabbed the shark out of the ocean and onto shore all the while when the shark still held the Child’s dismembered arm. Surgeons later reattached the boy’s arm.
jNLYN TIL an future earthquake in the Midwest can result in over $300 billion in damages and 86,000 casualties
PYL6G TIL In 1912, the USA was given radio designation letters W, K, N, and A. The letters ‘N’ and ‘A’ were given to military stations, but ‘K’ and ‘W’ were assigned out for commercial use. Stations east of the Mississippi River had to start with ‘W’, and stations west of the Mississippi with 'K'.
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