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TIL of the Aztec “Curse of One Rabbit”, where the first year (One Rabbit) of the 52 year calendar cycle was associated with famine and catastrophe. Incredibly, one study suggested a “real climatic origin”, with 10 of the 13 years having a famine, including one of the worst in world prehistory.

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gr1v9 TIL Silicon & Synapse, Inc was founded on February 8, 1991, but changed their name to Chaos Studios, Inc. in 1993 because of confusion with breast implants. The company changed the name again in 1994 because of Chaos Technologies and they became Blizzard Entertainment because it passed a name check.
xVbkg TIL about 'Hunger Stones' - hydrological famine memorials and warnings carved and erected throughout Central Europe from the 15th to 19th centuries. Recent lengthy dry spells across Europe revealed some of them near the German border with Czech Republic.
8XQV TIL The ashes of Eugene Merle Shoemaker, the founder of the field of planetary science, were buried on the moon. To date, he is the only person whose ashes have been buried on the Moon.
5VyxP TIL it takes the energy from 50 leaves on an apple tree to produce one apple.
VEZ TIL George Takei decided to sell a clip of himself saying “Oh Myyy” as a ringtone in order to fund a production of his musical Allegiance