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TIL that despite Saturn being 8 times further from the Sun than the Earth, it also has an Aurora Borealis but is only visible by ultraviolet light.

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wLbZM TIL C.W. Post created Grapenuts (purported to cure appendicitis) after visiting a sanitarium run by John Harvey Kellogg. Post later developed appendicitis himself and, after not obtaining relief from surgery, died of a self inflicted gunshot wound.
OobM1 TIL Hitler was never president of Germany. He was appointed chancellor by the president (Paul von Hindenburg), and became the Fuhrer upon Hindenburg's death.
rNwJd TIL the first truly wireless earbuds did not come out until 2015
Rbjw TIL Anderson cooper is the great-great-great-grandson of 19th century railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt
WnQN TIL about the Dyatlov Pass Incident, in which 9 hikers died. They “tore out” of their tents at night in sub-zero temps. 4 died of hypothermia, 3 had fractured skulls, 1 had brain damage but no physical trauma, and 1 had her eyes and tongue removed. Their deaths remain a mystery.