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TIL that the 1812 New Madrid earthquake made the Mississippi River flow backwards and cause a fluvial tsunami that hit Missouri

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D5or TIL George Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada has the most bars and pubs per square foot of any street in North America.
8mxb TIL that the name “Annie” in the Michael Jackson song Smooth Criminal is based on the name of the mannequin commonly used in CPR training. Trainees are taught to say “Annie, are you OK?” to the dummy in order to check that the patient is conscious and responsive.
9wWKQ TIL Walt Disney originally planned to have The Wizard of Oz be the company’s second animated feature film after Snow White but the film rights were scooped up by MGM
LQxAP TIL the bodyguard assigned to protect Abraham Lincoln left at intermission, got drunk at a saloon and fell asleep. He was fired three years later for falling asleep again on duty.
jNkXp TIL about Thought-Terminating Clichés - a type of logical fallacy that employs the loaded language of a well known phrase or saying that offers seemingly simple solutions to complex questions for the sole purpose of shutting down further debate by diminishing critical thinking.