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TIL in 1998, 90% of the pagers in the US were disabled because of a solar flare

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NjAb TIL that in 2015 at least 120,000 saiga antelopes died mysteriously in mass. This corresponds to about 50% of the entire population of these rare animals.
PNOG TIL a man known as the “town bully” in Skidmore, MO was shot twice and killed. There were 46 potential witnesses. No one was ever convicted.
gMPrX TIL that Spongebob Squarepants’ pet, Gary the Snail’s real name is Gerard Wilson Jr. Gary the Snail’s father happens to be a brother of Herb Star, Patrick Star’s father, making Gary the Snail and Patrick Star first cousins.
M7oRm TIL on Storage Wars, Darrell revealed that he once found a plastic-wrapped human corpse in a storage locker. It was determined that the previous owner of the locker had murdered his wife and left her in the unit.
pWbp TIL the flag of Mozambique has an AK-47 on it