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TIL that in 2011, a 14 year-old amateur astronomer from Canada proved that Jupiter is bright enough to cast shadows on Earth.

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LNyQ TIL a de-commissioned light tower 25 miles off the coast of N.C. was purchased by a private citizen and is now operated as a “rustic” B&B.
8exgL TIL about the "third eye" (parietal eye) found in some reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
v1bbj Today I learned that during the The Bubonic Plague,Jews were accused of poisoning water wells and as a result were burned alive at the stake by Christians.
ZmJR TIL the original bikini swimsuit was named after the then-recent Bikini Atoll nuclear test because the inventor expected the swimsuit to be “equally explosive”
b9yBp TIL that in 1890 William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile in the United States.