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TIL 5 members of Ernest Hemingway's family committed suicide.

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OGyE7 TIL that, in 1920s Paris, James Joyce would get drunk, start fights, and then hide behind Ernest Hemingway for protection, screaming, "Deal with him, Hemingway!"
8algZ TIL that the meteor that hit the Caribbean and killed the dinosaurs caused a wave 100m (330ft) tall. If the meteor had struck in the deep sea, the wave would have been 4.6km (2.9m) tall.
Z8Rlo TIL Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the largest freshwater island in the world. Covering 2,766 square kilometres or 0.0003% of Canada's landmass.
6EA6Z TIL that the inspiration for creating SimCity came when its creator Will Wright was developing a helicopter shoot'em up and found that he enjoyed messing around with the tool that creates the landscape maps more than the game itself!
VMoa0 TIL that peregrine falcons are the fastest animals on the planet, capable of reaching speeds around 200 MPH.