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TIL we know what the Sun sounds like - and it’s terrifying!

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ewQn TIL in 1980 16 stranded and frozen Danish fishermen were rescued and after being given a warm drink all 16 dropped dead from constricted capillaries reopening almost all at once, causing a sudden drop in blood pressure.
Wk1dN TIL The biggest data breach in history happened to Yahoo in 2013-2014 whereby all 3B accounts on its service were hacked.
E1m1d TIL that there are giant amoebas living in the deepest ocean trenches that grow up to 8 inches (20cm) across. That’s pretty big for a single-celled creature!
gMlrA TIL that tomatoes possess the genes to produce capsaicinoids but they are not expressed. Recently, researchers discovered a technique to turn on translation of those genes and they grew spicy tomatoes.
j68yN TIL about a chair made from the wood of the medieval London bridge with a seat made from a foundation stone of the same bridge.