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TIL Nasa is investigating hidden portals In Earths Magnetic Field

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GAvb7 TIL the sun is not on fire. It produces heat and light through nuclear fusion rather than burning matter using oxygen.
Y7MpA TIL of the katzenclavier, a hypothetical musical instrument which consists of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when a key is pressed. The cats would be arranged according to the natural tone of their voices.
XddQ TIL In 1795, as Composer Joseph Haydn conducted the premiere of his 102nd symphony, the audience pressed forward out of their seats to get a closer look. Moments later, a chandelier crashed to the floor where the seats had emptied, killing no one and giving this piece the name “The Miracle”.
WNDX TIL a man called “Arthur Gehrke” hibernated from november to april every year for 25 years.
9YvnQ TIL In 1924, Harold Israel was a vagrant accused of the murder of a priest. All the evidence seemed to fit him, but in court, the prosecutor Homer Cummings logically tore the case against him to shreds and freed him. Years later, Homer contacted him to share money from a film deal based on the case.