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TIL Reykjavik’s City Council decided to turn off city lights in order to allow residents to enjoy a fantastic Northern Lights display without artificial light pollution.

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6868 TIL that after a year of people using NYC’s bikeshare program, riders have gone 14,700,000 mi. and none of them has died.
awNNZ TIL: The first electronic cigarette was developed in America. In 1963 Herbert A Gilbert applied for a patent for his “smokeless non-tobacco cigarette”, and the patent was granted in 1965. After Gilbert’s patent was granted the concept sank into obscurity for almost 40 years.
b6eP4 TIL the ‘Tetris’ Theme is based on a Russian Folk Song about two peasants falling in love.
MedXb TIL that James Kim walked 16.2 mi enduring freezing temperatures in casual clothes in an attempt to reach the nearest town to get help for his family's stranded car before dying of hypothermia. It was the discovery of his footprints in the snow that led to his family's rescue
woYxJ TIL that Canada's Stay Alert, Stay Safe campaign, featuring Canada's answer to McGruff the Crime Dog, Bert and Gert the Bunnies, got started because the creator's daughter was the victim of a deadly kidnapping, like with Adam Walsh and Code Adam