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TIL the town of Rjukan, Norway receives no natural sunlight from September to March due to the steep mountains that surround it. They've installed 3 large mirrors to reflect light into the town's square. The mirrors track the sun's path and move every 10 secs to create a 600m squared pool of light.

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EgBP TIL That there is a type fungi inside the Chernobyl reactors that thrives on radiation
LEkV TIL that in 2002 NASA bought parts for the space shuttle on ebay because intel wouldn’t make them anymore.
9oyp TIL the Prog rock band Yes broke up,members of Yes started a new band called Cinema. Cinema wrote an album largely based off of songs by Yes. While recording the Yes vocalist joined Cinema. Cinema changed its name to Yes. Yes released the album, titled 90125. 90125 became their most successful album
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