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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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X5yD TIL the pilgrims ended up killing or selling into slavery most of the Wampoanoag Indians they shared the first thanksgiving with.
aR9J TIL Vicar’s Close in Wells, England is the oldest purely residential street with its original buildings all surviving intact in Europe.
QjWX TIL: Julian Assange was willing to go to Sweden to answer allegations. All he wanted was a guarantee he wouldn’t be handed over to the United States. Sweden refused.
BrnQL TIL in the UK, the 5 archbishops and 21 most senior bishops of the Church of England are automatically granted 26 seats at the House of Lords (UK's Senate), with full voting powers. According to Humanists UK, the only other country to give clerics this kind of power is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
M7KRb TIL Mauritania didn’t abolish slavery until 1981. Laws were only passed to enforce the ban, after international pressure in 2007.