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TIL Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington has a welcome sign that says “Welcome to Aberdeen: Come As You Are”

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loDV5 TIL although the United States Mint Police is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies, only one of its officers has died in the line of duty since 1792 - a motorcycle accident in 2005
XdaD TIL of Niihau, the 7th largest island of Hawaii which is completely privately owned by one family who seeks to maintain it as it was purchased in 1864 for $10,000 in gold, including the native population.
LwAV TIL that in 2007 the British Army was forced to deny that they had released man-eating badgers into Iraq.
5NpP TIL The Bluetooth symbol is a bind-rune representing the initials of the Viking King for who it was named
ADdgg TIL The Chicxulub asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago is theorized to have generated a megatsunami that reached 2.9 miles (4.6 km or 15,312 ft.) in height or more than 5.5x the height of the Burj Khalifa (2,722 ft.) out in the open ocean.