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TIL Chuck E. Cheese is no longer a rat and has officially been a mouse since 2012

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yQJM TIL in 1859 the largest known geomagnetic storm caused aurora over the Caribbean and telegraphs could operate without a power source
epKeE TIL inside your cells there are tiny molecular motors that literally walk down paths on their tiny legs
6EbbX TIL that Samsung made and manufactured a tank called the K9 Thunder for the South Korean armed forces.
BrOKr TIL the sinner side of Mahatma Gandhi. I'm losing faith in humanity each day.
96Dr TIL that John McCain broke both arms and a leg, then had his shoulder crushed when his plane went down in North Vietnam. He was then tortured for two years, yet refused the early release offered to him because it did not include all American POWs. He lost 50 pounds and his hair turned white.