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TIL The reason the West coast never gets hit with devastating hurricanes is because the Pacific ocean water is too cool to sustain them

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neRv9 TIL the Polish Scouts fought the nazis in the Warsaw uprising, avoiding booby traps of poisoned candy and then went on to resist communism up to the fall of the soviet Union.
jKEQ TIL: The greatest mime, Marcel Marceau, spoke English, French and German languages, he worked as a liaison officer with General George Patton’s army. The first time he used mime was after France was invaded, in order to keep Jewish children quiet while he helped them escape to neutral Switzerland.
0wDoL TIL about "Теоретики" ("The Theorists") a Belarusian comedy series about a group of nerdy scientists who become friends with a blonde waitress. When it was pointed out that the concept, titles, sets, costumes and scripts were stolen from the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," the actors quit.
epjdJ TIL while Lion King(1994) earned $2 billion in box office and home media, it earned $3 billion and $8 billion in merchandising and stage adatation respectively.
LQgvv TIL in 1545 some French winemakers prosecuted and threatened to excommunicate a group of Weevils. The weevils were given their own land, but returned 45 years later, reigniting another 8-month long trial. The final verdict was eaten by weevils.