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TIL Feminine-named hurricanes (vs. masculine-named hurricanes) cause significantly more deaths, apparently because they lead to lower perceived risk and consequently less preparedness.

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d8Ml8 TIL some WWII Allies who ended up in Switzerland were housed at the Wauwilermoos penal camp. Conditions there were brutal, violating the 1929 Geneva Conventions, and the self-appointed warden was a Nazi sympathizer. The camp was mostly ignored until 2013.
XE4j8 TIL Judge Judy Makes $47 Million a Year and Only Works 52 Days a Year.
RR0w TIL that there is a sparkling blue African berry which can retain it’s color for 40+ years after being picked.
JYJ6l TIL that Korean-American Andrew Lee from California was inaugurated as Crown Prince in early 2018 by King Yi Seok, the nominal emperor of the Joseon Dynasty. He is the successor to the throne of his ancestor King Sejong, who created the Korean alphabet, Hangul.
4kyBJ TIL the calculator app on the iPhone can do a variety of conversions (currency, length, speed, etc.)