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TIL Robert Wadlow was the tallest person in history at 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.

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PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
aY9y TIL George Costanza had a total of 47 Girlfriends over the 9 seasons of Seinfeld
V1Dp TIL: There is a Scientology drug rehab program called “Narconon”. It uses saunas, vitamins, minerals and oils to tackle the effects of drug addiction but critics say it’s “medically unsafe” “quackery” & “medical fraud”
nW8b9 TIL: There is a study on hobbies which categorizes them from the best to worst in terms of happiness to cost ratio. The most expensive are traveling ($630), Collecting ($287), and Cooking ($240). Video games only cost $71 monthly in comparison.
QNL56 TIL about Chen Tao, a Taiwanese UFO religion. In 1998, its leader predicted that God would appear on U.S. TV and perform miracles, but nothing happened and he later apologized and offered to be stoned or crucified. No one took up the offer.