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TIL rainbows never form during midday (because the sun must be at a low angle)

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j6E5v TIL that XM4 5HQ is the UK postcode for Father Christmas, a leetspeak of "XMAS HQ"
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l7jm7 TIL Columbus used foreknowledge of the 1504 lunar eclipse to convince indigenous Jamaicans to support him
wgbo TIL that Enron cost the state of California as much as $40 billion by causing artificial rolling blackouts in 2000 and 2001.
Me0vA TIL when the Israeli military developed their battle rifle, the Galil, they included a bottle opener built into the bottom of the gun. Previous guns had been damaged by Israeli soldiers who kept using their guns to open bottled beverages with their guns.