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TIL the last EF5 tornado was more than 11 years ago, a record longest period without any confirmed EF5 tornado

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naN9 TIL a couple were charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter after their pet Burmese python escaped its cage and squeezed their two year old daughter to death.
v1BlD TIL: The red flag, when used by pirates, came to mean "no quarter given", meaning that no mercy would be shown, and no life would be spared, while a black flag usually meant that those who surrendered without a fight would be allowed to live.
6EZXZ TIL the 1972 pornographic movie Deep Throat earned a reported 600 million dollars at the box office, which if true, would make it the highest grossing movie of the 1970s.
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