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TIL When bears hibernate, they do not suffer from muscle degeneration. Understanding this fully could lead to better healthcare for coma victims.

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AgZa TIL to see a lunar rainbow or ‘moonbow’, the moon must not only be full, it also has to be less than 42 degrees in the sky, within 2 to 3 hours before sunrise, and of course, there must be rain falling exactly opposite the moon at that precise moment.
l7P47 TIL that Youtube-dl existed
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N7Rk6 TIL that in 1859 a 2 hour telegraph conversation between Portland and Boston was able to be had without the use of any battery power. This was due to an aurora borealis generating enough electric current in the telegraph wires.