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TIL that five of the six highest wind speeds ever observed in a tornado occurred in Oklahoma and two of those even occurred on the same day.

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e0wQ5 TIL that in January the Department of Labor adopted a new test for unpaid internships to require that the employer get “no immediate advantage” from the activities of the intern
0dNRy TIL there is a 747 hotel at the airport in Stockholm. You can sleep in the cockpit or inside an engine housing
e0PbL TIL A Japanese company has awarded its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for the smoker’s smoke breaks
P1OKV TIL about ambigrams which are calligraphic writing of word so they can have similar or different meanings when viewed in different orientations.
P1A9Z TIL A breakthrough in kidney stone treatment will allow them to be expelled without invasive surgery, using a handheld device. NASA has been funding the technology for 10 years, and it's one of the last significant issues in greenlighting human travel to Mars.