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TIL that the hottest temperature ever recorded at Vostok Station in Antarctica is −12.2°C (10°F)

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e0ngk TIL the Beanie Baby Craze was sparked by a group of soccer moms in Chicago. One would be responsible for creating the price guides which she later admitted she made the prices up.
W7ZnN TIL although Pepperdine University is in an area historically known for wildfires, they never evacuate their students, faculty, and staff duirng a brushfre. Working with LAFD, constructing buildings with fire-resistant materials, and creating firebreaks make the campus ideal for sheltering in place.
m1Z5R TIL the creator of the popular e-mail client Eudora named it after author Eudora Welty, for her short story "Why I Live at the P.O." If he had known that Eudora would become as popular as it did, he would not have presumed to name it after a (then) living author (she was pleased and amused)
4X1YJ TIL Disney paid $75 Million for rights to show Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’
M7roV TIL of the Wilhelm scream. The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in a number of films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion.