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TIL on 26 June 2018, the city of Quriyat in Oman has recorded the highest “low” temperature in known history, clocking in at a low temperature of 42.6°C (108°F). Not only did Quriyat hit that astonishing low temperature, it remained that hot for nearly 51 hours

by whatilearned May 31, 2023, 12:12 am

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TIL that on 6th June 2011 an unnamed woman and man in Gatineau, Canada were killed when a 200kg flying bear crashed through their windshield before passing through the rear window. The black bear also died.

by whatilearned May 26, 2023, 5:05 am

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TIL There is a North American monsoon. Also known as the New Mexican monsoon, it is a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, typically occurring between June and mid-September.

by whatilearned May 13, 2023, 3:00 pm

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Why is LGBTQ+ month in June and not September?

by cringeyjokesman April 23, 2023, 1:45 am

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TIL that, on June 26, 1940, a group of American businessmen with ties to Nazi Germany organized a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria New York to celebrate the Fall of France. Attendees to the dinner included Edsel Ford of Ford Motor Company, Torkild Rieber of Texaco and Sosthenes Behn of ITT Corporation.

by whatilearned April 8, 2023, 10:09 pm

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TIL the longest recorded sniper kill was in June 2017, by an unnamed Canadian sniper with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War, surpassing a 2009 record by over 1,000 m (1,100 yd).

by whatilearned March 31, 2023, 8:13 pm

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TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on “Boy Meets World,” has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today.

by whatilearned March 30, 2023, 4:17 am

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TIL that Bing and other “paradogs” were trained to drop with parachutes behind enemy lines in WW2. Bing earned a medal for Gallantry for excellent patrol work while serving with the 13th Btn. Airborne Division in Normandy, June 1944.

by whatilearned February 15, 2023, 5:55 pm

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TIL Canada and Denmark both gained their second international land border when they agreed in June 2022 to split an uninhabited island

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 9:48 pm

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TIL During the Cultural Revolution bagdes depicting Mao Zedong were produced in the billions by various work units. The badges were commonly made of aluminum which caused industrial issues and Mao demanded people “Give me back the airplanes.” Making unauthorized badges was outlawed in June 1969.

by whatilearned January 28, 2023, 12:57 pm

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Dougy Big Balls’ Big Gay Advert (Douglas Pearce/Death in June)

by CopyPastaArchive January 20, 2023, 7:32 am

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TIL the longest living dog was “Bluey”, an Australian Cattle Dog, who was born June 7, 1910 and died 29 years, 160 days later, on November 14, 1939.

by whatilearned January 15, 2023, 5:05 pm

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