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TIL that Super Typhoon Tip in 1979 was the largest tropical cyclone ever recorded. With a 1380 mile wind field, it would cover nearly half of the continental United States.

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YpBZ7 TIL the CIA offered funding to artists Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and de Kooning so that their abstract work would show how free artists were in the United States compared to the rigid work of the Soviet Union.
aQ1L TIL the “Worst X-Man Ever” is Bailey Hoskins. He has the power to explode once, since the blast would kill him.
oLj7 TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted
epPnD TIL that Kate Bush's unusual choreography in her music videos for "Wuthering Heights" was to mimic the movements of Cathy, a character in the book who was, in fact, a ghost.
kJEB TIL that at Treblinka death camp during WWII, the commander of the camp, Kurt Franz, frequently enjoyed kicking and killing babies arriving at the camp.