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TIL if you want to look for the Northern Lights online, the live feeds for Air Greenland will often have them streaming.

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4rgX TIL George Harrison could play 26 instruments
j5La TIL that the US military recruits more people per capita from the Federated States of Micronesia than from any US state.
GbZg TIL that astronaut Sunita Williams was the first person to run a marathon in space, finishing in 4 hours and 24 minutes on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.
E19BW TIL of the Cavalese cable car disaster, where a showboating US Marine Corps pilot sliced a cable car wire in Italy, killing 20. Despite proof of breaking regulations, the pilot and the navigator were acquitted, but later found guilty of destroying evidence.
JV7v TIL during the 444 day Iran Hostage Crisis, Khomeini released a group of women and African Americans, deeming them to be victims of “the oppression of American society.”