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TIL our solar system is surrounded by a "ring of fire"🔥 🔥 🔥 an 89,000F wall of plasma created by the interaction between the sun and interstellar winds.

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wayJ TIL An American researcher on Chinese history was able to uncover sensitive information on the Cultural Revolution through “garbology” or by digging through archival materials at flea markets and vendors because access to the official archives is strictly controlled by the Chinese government
wLkv1 TIL about Hisashi Ouchi. He was exposed to more radiation than anybody in history, and and then his skinless, skeletal body was kept alive by doctors for an agonizing 83 days against his wishes
R4Ra TIL when the current King of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the hospital room in which he was born was declared Thai territory for the duration of the birth so that he could be born on Thai soil
W7NeA TIL Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise would've have walked on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19 before budget cuts cancelled that flight
b9LAZ TIL BAPE's name is supposed to be a dig at their customers. It means "A Bathing Ape in Lukewarm Water" - the lukewarm water implies that someone's been bathing too long and the water got cold, referencing the lazy opulence of the brand's customers.