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TIL The total energy released through an average hurricane is equivalent to 200 times the electrical generating capacity of the entire world.

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p8JwO TIL despite failing to find Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, the search effort produced the most detailed underwater map ever created
rap4 TIL that there is a rat-infested ghost ship floating somewhere in the Atlantic
b9vlZ TIL that Glenn Shadix, the actor who played Otho in Beetlejuice, was subjected to “ex gay” electrical shock treatments when he came out to his parent. When this failed to change his orientation, he attempted suicide and survived a 3 day coma. After the incident, his parents accept ed his sexuality.
e0Y66 TIL In 2011 Mythbusters accidentally fired a cannonball through a residential neighborhood. The show was testing a myth at the Alameda Sheriff's Department bomb range when the ball bounced 700 yards off course going through a house, across the street, off a roof and into a car. No one was injured.
rNGox TIL In 1762, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, invented the meal that changed dining forever. As the story goes, he was playing cards and did not want to leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for a serving of roast beef to be placed between two slices of bread so he could eat with his hands.