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TIL that Adobe Flash is discontinued everywhere - except for in China, where it is still used

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BKKk TIL that students in Karasjok, north in Norway dont get to stay home from school until its -50°C (-58°F). The school bus stops driving when it`s -38°C (-36°F).
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
VMgXB TIL Abraham Lincoln's corpse was sent on a two-week funeral tour across America, shown openly to thousands. In the course of the trip the body visibly decomposed, bloated, and darkened. In New York City alone, the body was seen by over 150,000 and exposed to the air for 23 hours straight
6JjZ TIL of Aphantasia, a condition where a person is unable to create imagery in their mind’s eye.
nOno TIL One minute each night, skyscrapers, tugboats, hotels, a yacht club and police cruisers send a blinking goodnight message to sick kids inside Hasbro children’s hospital Providence. R.I.