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TIL the biggest geomagnetic storm in history caused fires in telegraph stations

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YprKd Today i learned how companies lie using statistics
VBwO0 TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment
4JL6 TIL after being shot, President James Garfield was subjected to Rectal feeding. He was given full meals rectally by his doctor.
lNVG TIL “spilled” and “spilt” are both right. They’re completely interchangeable.
1aLZO TIL recent research argues that fear of spiders has cultural rather biological origins, is predominantly found in Western societies, and comes from an association between spiders and illness that started in the 10th century when the spider was blamed for the devastating epidemics that struck Europe.