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TIL there is a theory linking sunspot activity and schizophrenia incidence

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nxr9 TIL that even if they are cleaned and released, less than 1% of birds covered in oil during crude spills survive. Many experts – including the World Wildlife Fund – believe it would be more humane to kill oiled birds than to try to clean them.
M70m TIL There is a supercomputer called Kraken.
BNae TIL that there is a large body of evidence that suggests that the attack on Pearl Harbor could have easily been avoided if the president had released vital information to the public and Navy commanders.
MopK TIL that the guy who played the alien in Alien was a random person Ridley Scott found in a bar and has had no other roles
1ad4P TIL of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, a Sicilian political party thats goal was the annexation of Sicily into the United States. Its best electoral result was in 1947, when it won 8.8% of the votes in the Sicilian regional election and had nine regional deputies elected.