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TIL that on February 1, 2012, the workers at a store in King Cove, Alaska, left a half hour early because the weather was bad. 15 minutes later, an avalanche slammed into the store’s warehouse, annihilating it. And it was all caught on three separate security cameras.

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MNw8 TIL Saudi Arabia promotes practice of marriage between close relatives which has produced high level of several genetic disorder including thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, spinal muscular atrophy, deafness and muteness.
neDwo TIL that when Thomas Edison was on his death bed, Henry Ford reportedly made an odd request for his ailing friend and asked Edison's son Charles to collect Edison's last breath and later 8 test tubes were discovered apparently with 'his last breath'.
vveR TIL A boy who’s circumcision was botched was given a sex change suggested by his doctor. Later, it was discovered the doctor was conducting an experiment trying to prove that gender identity is primarily learned. The boy killed himself at 38 years old.
Z8vw4 TIL a study found after a 90 min. workout, athletes who ate organic peanut butter, Clif Shot Bloks, Cytomax powder, PowerBars, & Gatorade showed no difference in insulin, glucose, cholesterol, or triglyceride levels compared to athletes who ate hotcakes, OJ, a hash brown, a hamburger, fries, & Coke.
eaR4 TIL that the infinity symbol is conjectured to be a variant form of a Roman numeral for 1000, CIƆ or sometimes CƆ, since Romans hyperbolically used 1000 to represent very large numbers.