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ExGp TIL That the birthplace of solar energy was in Olney, Illinois in 1902. Mysteriously, it’s the same year the white squirrels appeared there.
YpJyA TIL that in 1485, a disease named English sweating sickness broke out causing people to sweat to death in a matter of hours. The disease claimed the lives of tens of thousands before mysteriously vanishing.
dDA9E TIL a super-volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused a "Year Without Summer" in Europe and Eastern USA in 1816. This indirectly led to the invention of the bicycle, the writing of Frankenstein and Mormonism.
N7M9Q TIL that Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison studio has net $2.5 billion over 35 films for an avg. profit of over $70 million per film.
xVPGk TIL After South Park aired the episode Chef Aid, the term 'Chewbacca Defense' entered the legal lexicon. The legal strategy aims to deliberately confuse juries than refute cases. The practice was widely used by lawyers before the episode, but South Park gave it a term.