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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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eYJ5 TIL that NASA has 2 satellites chasing each other around the Earth tracking the distance between themselves to measure gravitacional anomalies. Their nicknames are “Tom” and “Jerry”.
LQkwr TIL the first player to play in Negro League Baseball who would go on to play for a current MLB team was not Jackie Robinson but Pedro Dibut, a White Hispanic player from Cuba who played for Cuban Stars in 1923 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1924
GY5vQ TIL Pete Townshend of The Who was caught in a wide ranging pedophilia ring and admitted to paying for a child porn site. He was given a slap on the wrist.
gr8Nb TIL At the time that Atari released the home version of Pong in 1974 the computer chip the game used was the highest-performing chip used in a consumer product. It was also Sears best selling product at the time, far exceeding expectations.
5YQJR TIL wine contains minute amounts of super heavy water that can be used to determine the age of vintage wines.