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TIL Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Singapore for females only

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b6vYZ TIL that hurricanes cannot form within 300 miles of the equator, due to a lack of the Coriolis effect, which causes winds to curve to the right, in the Northern Hemisphere, and to the left, in the Southern Hemisphere, because of the Earth’s rotation.
L5pr TIL When Taco Bell attempted to enter Mexico their food was labeled as “Authentic American Food”
b9r5Z TIL NASA is building an electric air plane prototype that will cut operating cost in half, and drop fuel cost from $200 per hr to $35 per hour.
QvX6 TIL in 1968 big wave surfer Eddie Aikau was selected to be the first lifeguard at Waimea beach in Oahu. Not a single person died during his time as a lifeguard and he rescued over 500 people.
jM0R TIL that the Japanese bombed Oregon in 1942 by ferrying a plane underwater via submarine to the U.S. coast. The plane launched from the sub to drop incendiary bombs on Mount Emily, becoming the first ever bombing of the continental U.S.