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TIL that China’s toxic air pollution is so severe it impedes photosynthesis and resembles nuclear winter

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9YjJ7 TIL There are two states where no single city composes more than 3% of the state's overall population. Those states are South Carolina and West Virginia. And, in both states, their largest city is named Charleston.
0d0EL TIL of the Kebaran culture- 21,000-13,000 BCE- hunter-gatherer-foragers who used stone tools but possessed bow and arrow technology, grain grinding tools (all stone) and who had a role in the domestication of dogs. They also used symbolic art and created markings whose purpose is not yet known.
yQZLp TIL in 1649 King Charles I was tried for treason and other high crimes. The King responded in his trial "the King can do no wrong" and therefore couldn't be tried or convicted. Ten days later he was beheaded.
4kX9R TIL The Beatles single “Hey Jude” was almost not released because record executives thought the vinyl label was pornographic.
yA8p TIL the gauge of a shotgun is multiplicative inverse of the weight (in pounds) of the largest lead sphere that would fit in the barrel.