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TIL Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year.

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M7Q08 TIL Major General Orde Wingate, who would later devise and lead the Chindit raids in Burma, once persuaded an Italian commander in Abyssinia to surrender his 12,000 strong force to Wingate's 2000 man force, despite having been ordered by his superiors to cease pursuing the Italians.
awav0 TIL the famous philosopher Voltaire's name is actually a pseudonym that has roots in the French phrase "determined little thing"; acting more like a modern avatar or screen-name.
BgmPD TIL that Archie Comics Jughead Jones' iconic "crown" is actually a style of hat known as a whoopee cap. Made of a fedora with the brim cut and folded upwards, it was a style of hat popular in the mid-20th century. Youths often decorated their caps with buttons or bottlecaps, as seen in Jughead's cap
dyAd TIL that consumers and shoppers are actually made more anxious by having more choices, and that limiting consumer choice will make consumers happier
WkKKY TIL that most wine does not improve with age and 90% ought to be consumed within 12 months