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8wJ8 TIL that Orson Wells’ famous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds (which aired 75 years ago today) actually caused almost none of the public panic for which it became famous; newspapers’ over-reporting of the incident was actually an attempt to discredit radio as a news source
6EmdW TIL that information about Earth's magnetic field such as intensity and direction are stored in certain minerals present in sedimentary rock. Using the data present in different layers of rock, scientists are planning to reconstruct the advancement of this magnetic field over time.
lX9K TIL Google was Ordered to Pay Fine by France for Making Google Maps Free
oBWM7 TIL That France had a king that only ruled for 5 days because that was his entire lifespan. He has the shortest reign of any French king and the only one to have become one upon birth
loeP1 TIL that a straight-line tornado is called a derecho.