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TIL that in Colorado, you need a permit to modify the weather

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M7YmB TIL that the pistol shrimp can create a bubble underwater that reaches temperatures similar to the surface of the sun.
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X0Ad6 TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were cousins and exchanged conciliatory personal telegrams as World War I broke out between their countries. The messages were in informal English (a language they shared), signed “Willy” and “Nicky”.
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