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TIL The Great Hurricane of 1780 is the deadliest atlantic hurricane on record, while likely ravaging islands in the Lesser Antilles as a category 5 storm, it killed at least 22,000 people.

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nebko TIL The video for Welcome to The Jungle by Guns N'Roses was originally banned by MTV. It took the influence by David Geffen to get it aired for just one time at 4AM EST Sunday. The response was so overwhelming it shutdown MTV's switchboard.Appetite For Destruction went on to sell 30 million copies.
vpGR TIL that a Hindu fakir claimed on live television that he could kill anybody with tantric chanting. A man in the audience took him up on it right then and there. The rest of the channels programs that evening were all cancelled to allow give the fakir several hours to attempt the kill.
NXybQ TIL about the "Cabbage Patch Kids War" of 1983, a phenomenon where parents across the United States engaged in frenzied shopping battles to secure Cabbage Patch Kids dolls for Christmas. The demand for these dolls far exceeded the supply, leading to store stampedes, fights, and even injuries.
4k6Og TIL that It is believed that the idea of a ladder was used over 10,000 years ago. Cave paintings of them were discovered in a cave in Spain. Whoever invited the first ladder is still unknown.
PDyJ TIL Sunscreen SPF is a very nonlinear metric. An SPF of 15 blocks 93% of incoming radiation, SPF 30 blocks 97%. SPF 50 blocks only 1% more than SPF 30, at 98%.