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TIL that when you see a halo around the sun or moon it means a storm is coming.

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4Xx56 TIL painting one blade of a wind turbine black could cut bird strikes by up to 70%.
nWPao TIL Harold Butler, the founder of Denny’s, once tried to buy Caesar’s Palace but was accused of secretly offering shareholders illegal deals. The failed bid tanked Denny’s stock, wiping out his $80M fortune. He sold for just $3M and eventually retired to Mexico.
PYD1J TIL That The First Gravity Chairs Were Developed To Help Astronauts Mimic Posture During A Shuttle Launch.
VMrRG TIL Rivers Cuomo of Weezer wrote a program to select songs for the band's cover album, the Teal Album. The program gathered data from Spotify's API to find the most popular songs released before 1994 not tagged "classic rock" or "alternative rock".
kO0JE TIL In 1975 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to USA's Howard Temin for his research on cancer. During his acceptance speech in Sweden, he called out some present -- including a Queen and other royalty -- for smoking. He insisted that the ashtray on the laureates' table be removed.