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TIL the photons harnessed for solar energy are the same ones responsible for skin cancer.

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na7d TIL that kid rock has capped ticket prices to his shows at $20 and limited beer prices to $4 max anywhere at any venue he performs.
KG0E TIL that businesses like McDonald’s and Starbucks buy chairs with low ‘butt ratings’ that have a measured time before they become too uncomfortable for patrons to stay.
a8gby TIL that in the 1890s, the U.S. government created the Alaska Reindeer Service, in an attempt to persuade Alaskan natives to become reindeer herders. Reindeer were imported from Siberia, and Sami herders were brought from Norway to teach the Alaskan natives.
GA76G TIL A man named Laurence Vonderdell robbed a bank in Dorset, England, with a banana wrapped in an orange plastic bag that he pretended was a gun and escaped with £1,100 worth of £20 notes.
gMW6A TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)