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4XpBw TIL that the 2011 earthquake in Japan was so powerful it moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4m (8 ft) to the east, shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm and 25 cm, and increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day.
DkaY TIL the White House’s Press Briefing Room was originally a swimming pool.
7Kb7 TIL Fracking caused a >10000% increase in Oklahoma earthquakes
LkoAP TIL in Ontario, anyone living within 50km of a nuclear plant can order free iodine tablets for use in the event of a nuclear accident. Anyone within 10km receives them by mail automatically.
Z8YJ4 TIL George Washington and his compatriots once ran up a bar tab that would be close to $15,000 in modern currency!