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TiL there are an estimated 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world every year, and the largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude 9.2 that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 28, 1964

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JYlAQ TIL America sent a 2000 lbs manhole cover into space in 1957 during a series of Nuclear Bomb tests about 5 weeks before Sputnik, effectively winning the space race. During an underground test shot the manhole cover achieved a speed estimated at 6 times orbital escape velocity or about 150 000 mph.
9wOnX TIL Nintendo partnered with the Minnesota State Lottery to develop an expansion for the NES console that allowed people to buy lotto tickets from their home.
gMBYL TIL Kate Bush has only toured once, the Tour of Life, which ran for six weeks in 1979. The BBC suggested that she may have quit touring due to a fear of flying, or because of the death of a lighting engineer, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident during a warmup concert.
O1Le TIL France is the only country in the world to successfully send a cat to space and bring it back alive.
QJ4Md TIL that Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker is still in jail and hasn't been to trial for murdering a gay lawyer that had sex with him.