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TIL: If the sun is at an elevation of 58 degrees or higher and cirrus clouds containing plate-shaped ice crystals are present, you may be lucky enough to see the rare “fire rainbow,” or circumhorizontal arc.

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5BMn TIL the US military once considered building a “gay bomb,” with an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behavior among troops, causing what the military called a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale.
eppm6 TIL of George Forster, a convicted murderer who was sentenced to death in 1803 in London. His body was subject to a Galvanism experiment by Giovanni Aldini, where a current was passed through his muscles, despite being dead his face contorted and one eye even opened.
X0vNE TIL Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones had four children before he turned 20, two of them before he was 18
kOwE7 TIL that nearly 75 percent of all Rolls-Royce cars ever built are still on the road.
gMJO7 TIL skunk spray is toxic to dogs. It can cause anemia and organ damage that if severe enough could kill them : (