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TIL That One of the names for Storms this Year is "Nana"

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b7b0 TIL pencil sales increased 700% in the year following Sudoku becoming popular.
lgv1 TIL Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
6EwwY Today I learned that the final words of King George VI were “God Damn You”, said to the nurse who had administered him a sedative.
4XjOw TIL scholars have found that however far back in time "The Age of Chivalry" is searched for in the historical record, it is always further in the past
WXM9 TIL: Some turtles can breathe through their butts. Up to 68 percent of the turtle Rheodytes leukops oxygen uptake is accomplished through the cloacal bursae, so it rarely needs to come to the surface to bask or breathe.