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TIL, South Dakota had a large advertising campaign: “Meth — we’re on it”

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wojg7 TIL that on 18 December 1944, Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet encountered a powerful Pacific Typhoon east of the Philippines. Three destroyers were sunk, 146 planes destroyed, 27 ships damaged, and 790 sailors killed; it remains the worst natural disaster in U.S. Navy history.
neGLY TIL that the 1974 hit song "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas was initially recorded as a nonsense b side to another song "I Want To Give You My Everything"until the label stepped in and made it the A Side
XEmAk TIL that the Earths first mass extinction event was caused by the newly formed Oxygen molecule. Known as the Oxygen Holocaust, the event caused the mass extinction of cellular life all over the planet some 2.4 Billion years ago.
4XJ6N TIL Typhoon Karen was the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Guam, and has been regarded as one of the most destructive events in the island's history. It was classified as a Category 5 super typhoon.
69MQW TIL that American sculptor, Anna Coleman Ladd, crafted 185 face masks for returning First World War veterans with facial disfigurements from wounds.