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TIL most tornados occur between 3pm and 7pm

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NXgON TIL that retired pro boxer George Chuvalo was never knocked down in his 93 bout professional career. Which included fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman.
5YZp8 TIL the quote "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those that speak it" was not written by George Orwell. It is misattributed as quoted by Orwell. It was quoted by Selwyn Duke.
V8np TIL that snakes are banned from New Zealand and smugglers could face penalties of up to a maximum of five years in jail and fines of up to $100,000. The ban is so strict that snakes are not allowed even in zoos.
xp77 TIL In 2014 Californians consumed 46 billion gallons of water per day and less than 17% of that was consumed by the general public.
gMaB7 TIL in an effort to demonstrate time dilation, a father and his kids drove three atomic clocks up Mt. Rainier. The measured effect was just over 20 nanoseconds, matching Einstein's theory of relativity.