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TIL Milutin Milanković scientifically characterized the climates of all the planets of the Solar System; and determined the climatic changes caused by changes in the position of the Earth in comparison to the Sun, now known as Milanković cycles

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KYr7a TIL while viewing a solar eclipse on 18 August 1868, French astronomer Pierre Janssen made an observation that led to the discovery of helium. It was the first time a chemical element was discovered on an extraterrestrial body before being found on the earth.
0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name
0GjR TIL: The Georgia Guidestones were produced by an unknown person. The Guidestones offer the world advice on how to maintain the human race.
9EPr TIL that Weezer’s first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar in 1992
rRgKx TIL that in 1999, an improperly set up hot tub at a garden show in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, caused an outbreak of 206 cases of Legionnaire’s disease and 32 confirmed deaths