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Til about the 1979 Nice Airport (France) landslide and tsunami that combined resulted in at least 15 deaths

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4kkvX TIL that 10 million people (1/4 of USA population!!) physically attended the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876 (see link, Yale Univ. Professor Blight, at time 6:00 in video)
RLOa TIL that “international versions” of textbooks exist. they are exactly the same but made with lower quality materials. They can be up to 75% less expensive and are illegal to buy in the US.
nex49 TIL that freestyle in swimming technically means you can swim in any style; however the front crawl is synonymous with freestyle since it is the fastest and most efficient stroke.
wZr6 TIL Germans first female stunt pilot, Beate Uhse, tested world’s first jet-powered aircraft, escaped embattled Berlin in an abandoned aircraft together with her baby son and later started a company which today is the most successful in the German sex industry.
berZ TIL that it was Richard Nixon who unilaterally ordered the discontinuation of the United States’ biological and chemical weapons programs.