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TIL Nuclear Winter is almost impossible in modern times because of lower warhead yields and better city planning, making the prerequisite firestorms extremely unlikely

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d8kWj TIL That McDonald's in Hawaii are the only US locations that still serve the original fried apple pies.
wLQ71 TIL The shaggy coat of sloths are host to symbiotic green algae which camouflages the sloth in trees and provides it nutrients. The green color of the algae makes sloths the only green mammal.
loAG5 TIl there is one singular person still alive that was born before the Wright brothers first powered flight in December 1903
l79kV TIL in 1054, Chinese records reported a “new star bright enough to be seen in the daytime”. They were actually witnessing the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula 6,500 light-years away.
jgEv TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built.