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TIL the northern lights make whistling, cracking, and hissing sounds

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KOZWB TIL of Charles Lightoller, who was the last officer remaining on board the Titanic as it sank only to be freed by a boiler explosion; later he helped evacuate over 120 men from Dunkirk.
gMnMy TIL that red is not the only color of blood in the animal kingdom. Several species of octopus have blue blood, ocellated icefish have clear blood, and the green-blooded skink has, well, green blood.
E1KAo TIL that in 2014, the game Garry's Mod was hacked and caused a cough virus to spread amongst users like wildfire across servers, making them cough non-stop in the game
JoDj TIL a man accidently threw away a hard drive holding 7500 bitcoins, which would have been worth $9M at its height, or $4.5M today
b9GE9 TIL Barbie was modeled after a racy gag gift for adults and besides being just lovers, Barbie and Ken are named after a real life brother and sister: the son and daughter of the creator, Ruth Handler.