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TIL Taiwan was joined to the Asian mainland until sea levels rose about 10,000 years ago (in the Late Pleistocene)

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Oo4d4 TIL that the United States by far has the most tornadoes in the world, averaging 1,274 per year in the last decade while Canada reports nearly 100 annually.
DBVj TIL a Brazilian girl died due to a 12 minute orgasm.
o8o TIL that there’s a village in China where people have blonde hair and fair eyes, and it is believed that a lost Roman Legion might have settled in the village
4XYya TIL that in 1974, Fleetwood Mac's manager Clifford Davis assembled an entirely seperate group of musicians to take the mantle and name of the band after the original members declined to go on tour. The new band would go on tour, but audience members noticed the imposters, and refunds were requested.
5XJ9 TIL that most world maps exaggerate the size of Europe and the US. A more accurate map was drawn up in 1972, but is widely unknown of.