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TIL of Niwot's Curse. The idea that when people see a beautiful area they'll want to stay, which contributes to the undoing of the area's beauty.

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epAV5 TIL The Disaster comes the greek δυσ- (dus-) "bad"[9] and ἀστήρ meaning Bad Star. Separately it has long been thought the biggest threat to modern society is Solar Storm much like the Carrington event of 1859
6EO9X TIL: Vincent Price, the legendary Hollywood film icon, and his wife Mary, were such food connoisseurs, that in 1965 they co-wrote a best selling cookbook titled "A Treasury Of Great Recipes". His daughter Victoria stated, "He had an omnivorous appetite for life and for food."
JYLZB TIL that the Looney Tunes were originally WB's answer to Disney's "Silly Symphony" and was much more musically-focused. Over time it became more focused on the characters and less about the music but kept the name.
b66x9 Til an unidentified sniper attacked an electrical company in California resulting in a loss of 15 million dollars in 2013
YGDW TIL In Canada, text messages to landlines are converted into voice messages, so friends or family members who don’t have a mobile phone can listen on a landline. English and French supported.