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TIL that the vast majority (approx. 75%) of the world’s tornadoes occur in the central United States.

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6Ea9W TIL that the soft foundations and surrounding soil that caused the Tower of Pisa to lean have also been the reason that it survived at least four major earthquakes.
dZMB TIL that Buzz Aldrin claimed travel expenses for his journey with Apollo 11. They paid $ 33.31
0wdlM TIL According to Plutarch the traitor Bessus was executed by having two trees forcibly bent towards each other, tied him to both, and then the trees released, causing an agonizing death in which the ligaments, tendons, muscles and organs would slowly come apart as the trees straightened
nWkJP TIL that Signs was the first major Hollywood film to be shot after 9/11 having been filmed a few days after
8YrZ TIL that ‘hella’ was a proposed SI prefix for one octillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).