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TIL that one of the originally pitched names for Hannah Montana was Alexis Texas.

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awMG9 TIL that Bill Gates released a swarm of (not infectious) mosquitoes at a TED Talk to demonstrate that even if malaria doesn’t infect people directly, they should still care
0wJDv TIL a woman was buried alive. Her husband heard her screaming from inside the coffin and tried to break her free. When they finally got her out, she was dead again but her fingers were bruised and the glass inside the coffin smashed.
BBZb TIL that Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place in the United States and one of the sunniest in the world.
rNEY1 TIL there was a massive horsemeat scandal in Europe 10 years ago
Yp6DP TIL about Solar Maximum cycles and the Carrington Event. A solar storm that hit Earth powerful enough to start fires and cause sparks from telegraph wires. The aurora was seen as close to the equator as South America and Northern Australia. The next Solar cycle is predicted to start this year.