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TIL in 1859 there was a coronal mass ejection so intense it shocked telegraph operators and set their equipment on fire.

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Ypra7 TIL that the British and the EIC stole nearly $45 trillion dollars from India over a period of 173 years, stalling the development of the Indian subcontinent.
0wedN TIL that politician Boss Tweed was brought down by Thomas Nast's cartoons, which painted him as the embodiment of corruption. Tweed said to aides, “Let's stop them damned pictures. I don't care so much what the papers write about—my constituents can't read—but damn it, they can see pictures.”
VBRnB TIL in the Switzerland in some parts still there’s no legal age limit for buying cigarettes
p8orb TIL about an African American man who was shot by authorities during a protest in Boston. His name was Crispus Attucks, and he took two musket balls in the chest. First death of the American Revolution. Attucks was said to be exhibiting "mad behavior" and his shooters were acquitted.
J1lZ4 TIL that even after giving birth, women are highly advised not to drink alcohol if they are breastfeeding.