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TIL The costliest natural disaster in US is severe convective storms (Hail and Tornado), not Hurricanes. In 2023 alone SCS caused north of $60 Billion insured losses.

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kx4m TIL George Lucas, fearing his film’s failure, traded Steven Spielberg 2.5% of earnings of ‘Star Wars’ for that of 'Close Encounters’. Spielberg has made $40 million to date.
gM6bL TIL that flies avoid getting swatted the same way Keanu Reaves dodges bullets in The Matrix: by watching time pass slowly. "Animals smaller than us see the world in slo-mo. It seems to be almost a fact of life."
b7E9 TIL that L. Ron Hubbard awarded himself his own Ph.D as he himself owned the ‘university’ from which he 'graduated’
Z8e6D TIL: Good, open, and honest communication acts as a solution-provider that buffers your in-home childcare-giving and homeschooling from a sudden unwanted change as a result of your nanny or babysitter quitting her job.
XEVZE TIL that before becoming president of the American Pediatric Society Saul Krugman experimented on mentally disabled children by purposefully infecting them with Hepatitis