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TIL there is a dog with a cyst in its ear that looks like Trump

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a8eeJ Today I learned that a magnitude 8.5 earthquake took place in Shandong, China in 1668, taking an estimated 43k-50k lives.
4Xngw TIL in 1915, during a historic drought, San Diego hired a “Rain Maker.” He took the job and soon thereafter there was so much rain that there were floods and a dam even broke. They didn’t pay him though. Too much rain.
e0E4L TIL that Atlantic brants are medium-sized marine geese that can be seen in inshore waters along the U.S. east coast from Maine to Georgia as well as in parts of Europe. Also called brent geese or pale-bellied brants, they mainly eat eel grass, sea lettuce and seaweed in shallow tidal estuaries.
wLNMo TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has gold-plating on its mirrors because the mirrors are made of poorly-reflective beryllium able to withstand cold.
9Bom TIL Sean Bean often gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr. Bean