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TIL that AR3014 is one of the largest sunspots in years. Stretching more than 125,000 km from end to end, that is almost 10 times our planet diameter. (Credit: Maximilian Teodorescu)

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JYV7k TIL the movie Die Hard was based on a book "Nothing Lasts Forever" where the main character is depicted as a disturbed hero from his Second World War fighter pilot days, and it is hinted that if he never got involved, fewer people might have been killed. At the end, he likely dies from his wounds.
wbg8 TIL until 1970 United Airlines had men-only flights. The “New York” and “Chicago Executive” were advertised as “a club in the sky for men only”, with business-oriented amenities, free cigars, and a steak dinner served by stewardesses (the only women aboard). A lawsuit by feminists ended the flights.
QJl76 TIL In Ancient Rome, the working class would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called "Secessions of the Plebeians." After leaving the elite to fend for themselves, commercial transactions would stop, and workshops would have to close.
Y9kd TIL in 1991 a fake Russian TV program convinced many citizens that Lenin consumed a lot of psychedelic mushrooms, eventually even becoming a mushroom himself. The Leningrad Communist Party responded that “Lenin could not have been a mushroom” because “a mammal can not be a plant”
woXkM TIL there’s a dish called Engagement Chicken. According to legend, a fashion editor shared it with her assistant, who made it for her boyfriend. It was so good that he proposed. She shared the recipe with other colleagues and they all ended up engaged.