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TIL of Miyake events, rare bursts of cosmic radiation that create spikes in C14 detectable in tree rings.

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rNYRx TIL that the 1976 NFL team, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, by season's end, had 21 players on injury reserve. Of those 21 players, 18 of them required knee surgery.
96Gp TIL blue rasberry was created by ice pop companies because the original raspberry coloring was banned by the FDA
R7y74 TIL The Hudson Bay Company sold land comprising about a quarter of the continent to Canada in 1869 for $1.5 million. The inhabiting indigenous peoples were handed over to Canada like "a flock of sheep".
neObr TIL: A documentary covered a Venezuelan prison where the inmates run it. They set up their own church, courts, tax system, a strict "thug code".
MQ70 TIL that in 1993 a “toxic lady” (who had been ingesting large amount of Dimethyl Sulfoxide) in Riverside, CA caused doctors and nurses to become severely ill when they were exposed to her body and blood.