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TIL that the northern lights shows us why there is life on Earth.

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yQ7e8 TIL:"Eulogy for a Dog" by lawyer George Vest, a powerful tribute to all dogs, helped win judgement in Burden v.Hornsby. This was the 4th trial on the shooting of Burden's dog, Old Drum.Vest had declared he would 'win the case or apologize to every dog in Missouri'.The Missouri Supreme Court upheld.
DA4e TIL Woody Harrelson’s father was an organised crime figure who, in 1982, confessed to the assassination of JFK.
8ad0X TIL about Dylan Maxwell, an Australian man that had a spider removed from his stomach after it burrowed its way into his body and survived for three days before being removed.
69A6X TIL that the event that killed off the dinosaurs also killed off almost all reptiles, amphibians and mammals weighing more than 25 kg (55 lbs). Sea turtles and crocodilians were some of the few exceptions.
Z5wD TIL roman emperor Nero paid for a young boy, married him, castrated him and dressed him like a girl at public events.