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TIL my Gmail has two step authentication but Hawaii's nuclear attack warning system does not.

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Kg1R TIL that in a nod to etch a sketch, when typing on an iPhone you can shake it to bring up the undo typing shortcut.
gNVA TIL in 1945 an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building, injuring elevator operator Betty Oliver. When rescuers attempted to lower her on an elevator, the cable snapped, plunging her 75 stories down. She survived the fall, and to this day holds the record for longest survived elevator fall.
78Eep TIL in the final years of his life, Harry Houdini spent substantial time and energy targeting 'spiritualists' who claimed they could read minds or communicate with the dead. Houdini saw this as an unethical branch of his profession that manipulated people vulnerable with grief.
lMXa TIL there are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
Qnea TIL 9 of the 10 most densely populated cities and towns in the US are located within the New York City metropolitan area