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TIL about the Tri-State Tornado - the deadliest Tornado in U.S. History that traveled 235 miles killing 695 people

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VAy4 TIL In 1906 a German shoemaker, Wilhelm Voigt, impersonated a military officer and tricked a group of soldiers into helping him rob a small town. Kaiser Willhelm II thought it was so funny that he personally pardoned Voigt.
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69WEZ TIL There are names for each phase of the lifecycle of a single hair.
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