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TIL Dyslexia is also auditory, not just visual.

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xddo TIL 2005 was statistically one of the worse hurricane season in history recorded with 15 hurricanes and 23 tropical storm causing $150 billion in damage.
RM19 TIL that while Pixar was making Toy Story 2, someone accidentally ran a Unix command which deleted the film’s data. It was restored thanks to an animator who kept a copy of the data at home so she could work on the movie while caring for her new baby.
b9NnN TIL two Liverpool fans travelled to see Liverpool play against the Belgian team Genk - but by mistake, went to Ghent, 150 km away, only discovering their mistake an hour before the match. After hearing the story, the local team KAA Gent offered them to be VIP guests at an upcoming match against Genk
8PX TIL People in the middle ages did in fact not believe the earth was flat.
6Jg7 Til before Coca-Cola, there was Coca Wine, 10% alcohol and 8.5% cocaine extract by volume, and endorsed by Queen Victoria and Pope Leo XIII.