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TIL there was a Megaflood in California that left towns submerged for 6 months in 1861

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nWNdo TIL that safety concerns of the Jules Rimet Trophy during WWII led Ottorino Barassi, who was FIFA vice-president at the time, to remove the trophy from a bank and hide it in a shoebox under his bed. The trophy stayed safe under Barassi’s bed until the World Cup returned after WWII in 1950 in Brazil.
RJyl TIL CIA director John McCone told RFK he believed there were TWO shooters that assassinated his brother JFK.
dWr9 TIL that Comic Book Guy’s “worst episode ever” originated from a newsgroup poster who used it to describe his displeasure with the episode “Itchy and Scratchy the Movie.”
rN6Nw TIL that a portuguese writer had his books criticized by the portuguese goverment, which made him go into exile in Spain, however, he ended up being known in Portugal and when he died his body returned to his country.
PyvV TIL That Pinning A Safety Pin To Your Shirt Was A Symbol Used By Gay Men To Indicate They Wanted To Have Safe Sex.