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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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JJ6j TIL In the 1896 U.S. election, William McKinley won despite the fact that he campaigned from the front porch of his home in Ohio while his opponent travelled extensively by railway speaking at over 600 events.
4NRb TIL that today in 1680, the Pueblos of N.M. were joined in unity by their leader Popé to fight against their Spanish oppressors. Known as the Pueblo Revolt, the Pueblos drove off the Spanish for the next 12 years, saving their identity and religion, which was sought to be destroyed at that time.
QZXM TIL The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has more than 20,000 marijuana seeds, ensuring weed will survive the apocalypse.
QNGpp TIL A young man pinched his nose and clamped his mouth shut to hold in a forceful sneeze and ended up barely able to speak or swallow, with considerable pain. Air bubbles reached into the deep tissue and muscles of his chest and it took seven days for him to recover in hospital
P1RG TIL there is a desert spider that builds a blanket from its silk and sand, then burrows into the ground, and hides itself in the burrow with said blanket as a cover. It kills unsuspecting prey by trapping it in the silk blanket and then heating it alive against the scorching sand.