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TIL that a straight-line tornado is called a derecho.

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Lk4kP TIL of the German general Ferdinand Schörner, who at the end of World War II abandoned his army group to fly to Austria and personally surrender to the Americans, all to avoid capture by the Soviets. The Americans handed him to the Soviets.
90bX TIL That nearly every Megafauna (animals larger than humans) extinction in the last 45,000 years, directly follows the introduction of humans into the area.
Br9PW TIL Buddy Holly proposed to his wife on their first date (her first date ever), and married 2 months later. 6 months later he died in a plane crash which she heard about on TV, and suffered a miscarriage. Due to this, the policy on when publicly releasing the name of the deceased was changed.
1aNxP TIL the writer of the campy and super fun 1960s "Batman" also wrote the campy and super fun 1980s "Flash Gordon" movie
nWKpG TIL of hyperforeignism, when people mispronounce foreign words that are actually simpler than they expect