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TIL a former luxury business hotel in Zurich went bankrupt and became budget accommodation for students

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MeYg7 TIL Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. was an American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general. During the Vietnam War he served under Colonel Robin Olds and together they were known as "Blackman and Robin"
9YlQ6 TIL one of the largest earthquakes in North American history occurred on January 26, 1700. It was only documented by oral history in the First Nations populations, and collaborated by a Japanese record of a tsunami around the same time.
eDeD TIL that Johnny Depp financed Hunter S. Thompsons funeral saying “All I’m doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out.”
amjN TIL that some interns at Google earn up to $90,000
kOOv4 TIL "hauntings" are the side effect of certain sound waves and high electromagnetic fields