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TIL that since Earth's creation the planet has been hit with 1/21,000,000th its mass in sunlight

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4X0yw TIL that the British government admits to undertaking aerial release trials against it's own people, in an attempt to understand the spread of possible biological attacks
neY5G TIL: A major contributor to the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was an insane murderer who made submissions for several years before the editor attempted to visit him finding he lived in an asylum.
v1ekR TIL in 1956 two young girls who were obsessed with Elvis Presley went missing after going to see "Love Me Tender" for the 15th time. Elvis was so concerned that he issued a public appeal over the radio pleading with them to be “good Presley fans and go home and ease their mother's worries".
X04kR TIL that Jimmy Carter is known as the first US President born in a hospital (1924)
wo5EM TIL: In Australia there are 'Firehawks', which are birds that intentionally set forest fires as a hunting technique