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TIL that a MASSIVE solar storm just barely missed Earth in 2012. Power grids all over the world would have been catastrophically compromised & so would the lives of the entire population.

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BgE8L TIL that Michael Caine is a Korean War veteran
4kNbo TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.
jeeN TIL James Cromwell (the farmer from Babe) was once in a group dedicated to defending members of The Black Panthers
ladB TIL that when hermit crabs encounter a new shell that is too big for them, they will wait around to see if another crab shows up to take it. They form groups of up to 20, holding onto each other in order from largest to smallest, each waiting to get into a larger shell that fits them.
Z8LkB TIL: While filming the 1925 Ben-Hur the director split Italian extras based on fascist or antifascist factions to make the fighting more realistic. Real swords were removed from the scene to prevent things from getting too out of hand