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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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YWkB TIL Fats Waller was kidnapped to be the surprise guest at Al Capone’s birthday party at gunpoint. He left 3 days later intoxicated with thousands of dollars in tips.
woVy1 TIL that as a writer on Saturday Night Live, Bob Odenkirk invented Chris Farley's motivational speaking character, Matt Foley. ("Living in a Van Down by the River!!")
jNnZM TIL that the pigment Prussian Blue, used extensively in "Starry Night" and "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", was first synthesized by cooking blood with potash.
OA84 TIL of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, which takes song requests from hospital patients. Their list of banned songs include Stairway To Heaven, The Final Countdown and I Want To Live.
Q7Md TIL the first German woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry married Fritz Haber, and killed herself due to his work on chemical weapons during WWI. The day after her death, Haber led the first gas attack on the Russians.