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TIL that 965 years ago, a supernova was visible during the day.

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XgMQ TIL a German Mathematician predicted a flood would engulf the world on Feb. 20th, 1524. A nobleman had him build a three story ark to survive this “apocalypse”. People had gathered to see the ark, when a light rain started hundreds were stampeded to death in the ensuing panic.
oRnmW TIL that an Australian research organization took Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Asus, Toshiba and others to court for infringing on its WiFi patents and got them to pay a huge settlement.
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