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TIL Earth’s North and South Magnetic Poles Flip in a Geomagnetic Reversal Every Few Hundred Thousand Years

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5YLxB TIL of a comet that survived passing through the Sun
JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
rNyB1 TIL It is common for insects to live in your pepper-based spice jars, including paprika, cayenne, and chili powder. The pepper family contain the nutritional requirements necessary for multiple generations of stored product beetles to successfully sustain life
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jNwDN TIL that a "Hot Shot" was originally a cannon ball that was heated in a furnace and then fired at wooden ships for the purpose of setting fire to them.