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TIL that 91 years ago, the most destructive tornado ever recorded in US history was formed. It was reportedly on the ground for 3 hours and 30 min, cutting a swath through 3 states and killing 695 people

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xrlB TIL the patron saint of the Chicago Police Department is also the patron saint of lost causes.
jNGBn TIL John Williamas had no plans to compose the soundtrack for the Star Wars series. When he was writing for the first one, he was told there wouldn't be a second moving. Following the success of the movie, they told him that a second movie was cooking, and thus, the themes and leitmotifs were born!
78LyM TIL that fish eggs can survive after passing through a waterfowl's digestive system. This provides a good explanation of how fish can populate closed bodies of water like lakes
9QA7 TIL Stephen Sondheim, write of West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, etc. considers the movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer, an Uncut” one of the best MUSICALS of our generation.
J1mPj TIL that Kenya's Agnes Jebet Ngetich set the 10 km run world record in Valencia, breaking the previous record by 28 seconds. En route to this time, she also broke the 5 km run world record by 6 seconds and also holds the second fastest half marathon mark in history, at 1 hour 3 minutes and 4 sec.