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TIL of a Firenado, a rare natural phenomena that is essentially a vortex of fire caused by extreme heat that sounds like a jet engine.

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yVd0p TIL that common kestrel bird used to be called the "windfucker".
8oVV TIL of a black New York pastor in 1947 who decided to travel to Alabama in a turban and with a fake accent, posing as a foreign dignitary. His disguise allowed him in white-only areas, and he was treated with little discrimination.
Y7vRW TIL an Ottoman official in early 20th Century Paris was offered male prostitues by his host, who thought that being Turkish, he would be interested in sodomy.
R7WZ7 TIL The first known vending machine was invented by the Greek engineer and mathematician Hero of Alexandria around 215 BC. These first vending machines were located in Egyptian temples and dispensed holy water in exchange for coins.
4odb TIL that (almost) everybody is your 16th cousin