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TIL that Ventriloquism was originally considered a form of Necromancy.

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W7XP9 TIL In recorded history, the deadliest tropical cyclone (over 300,000 killed in 1970) and the deadliest tornado (1,300 killed in 1989) both occurred in the country of Bangladesh
nWl09 TIL that Nieves Fernandez killed more than 200 Japanese Soldiers to safeguard her students
n1EB TIL that the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow recorded multiple albums, toured the world, posed nude on an album cover, and was kicked out of the band …all before she turned 17
7r1p TIL that ‘libra pondo’ a Latin phrase indicating weight is the reason pound is abbreviated as “lb”.
OGYO4 TIL that in the 1960s, the US roasted a 1440-acre swath of Wisconsin forest with ~10,000 curies of radiation for 6 months in order to determine how it affected the area. Most of the damage was confined to the area directly adjacent to the source, and the area is completely non-hazardous today.