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TIL on the day Judy Garland died, there was a tornado in Kansas

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O5L1 TIL that the Holland Tunnel’s ventilation system changes out all of the air in its 2 tubes (about 3 miles’ worth) every 90 seconds.
brVE TIL that John Hamm (Don Draper of Mad Men) was Ellie Kemper’s (Kimmy Schmidt and Erin from The Office) High School acting teacher.
Omw6 TIL that a man charged people up to “one billion dollars” to teach them how to survive on breathing alone. When caught eating junk food, he claimed that diet coke and McDonalds cheeseburgers help him “maintain balance” and hold “special 5D properties”
PYAye TIL the Emperor of Japan is personally bankrolling his nation's search for Ununennium, chemical element 119.
N7J1E TIL of the 'Phantom of Heilbronn' a female serial killer sought by Austrian police for 16 years. It later transpired they were using contaminated swabs to collect DNA from crime scenes.