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TIL shrimp farmers deliberately blind female shrimp, to stimulate egg production

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awab0 TIL about the solar storm of 2012, where a wave of charged plasma particles ejected from the sun narrowly missed Earth. Had it hit, the geomagnetic disturbance would have caused global damage to electronic systems with costs estimated in the trillions
616m TIL the very first reported death caused by video game was in 1982 - a 18 year old played the arcade classic Berzerk, made it to the Top Ten list twice in one sitting - and then collapsed and died from a heart attack after putting another quarter in the machine
b9neE TIL that the number 8 is such a lucky number in China that the Chinese government scheduled the Beijing Olympics to begin 8 seconds after 8:08 on 8/8/2008.
4Rro TIL 15 Years ago today, Fernando Tatis made history as the only MLB Player to ever hit 2 Grand Slams in the same inning.
MQ4K TIL All humans are born “premature” because their large brains wouldn’t have fit through the birth canal