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TIL That the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was so powerful that it sped up the earth's rotation and shortened the day by several microseconds.

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VMjYG TIL: Yosemite National Park in the US was named by the Mariposa Battalion, which forcibly removed all natives in the area. Mistakenly believing the tribe was named "Yosemite", the name was selected by a man struck by the land's beauty. Turns out, it means "They are Murderers" in the native language.
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