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TIL The Alps are eroding as quickly as they are growing

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p88le Potatoes are close, but not close enough.
DWPe TIL that there is a fictional island in the South Atlantic, off the west coast of Africa, at lat/long 0,0, called ‘Null Island’. Although it doesn’t exist in reality, it serves as an error trap for map systems. Map enthusiasts have given the island its own history, geography and even flag.
MDrK TIL that sticking fingers up your opponents ass during a wrestling match is a legal move.
Yp6DP TIL about Solar Maximum cycles and the Carrington Event. A solar storm that hit Earth powerful enough to start fires and cause sparks from telegraph wires. The aurora was seen as close to the equator as South America and Northern Australia. The next Solar cycle is predicted to start this year.
1ypV TIL that there is an “everlasting lightning storm” that rages continuously for up to 10 hours a night, in exactly the same place, 260 nights a year