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TIL that an 11 year old accidentally invented popsicle

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l7Ov1 TIL a deep-space supernova or sun-flare expelling cosmic rays and charged particles may have caused a 2003 Belgium miscounted election by bit flipping an election machine and causing a candidate to receive an extra 4096 votes
mRMo TIL London isn’t naturally foggy. London’s Fog was an artifact of coal burning smog.
eGE5 TIL that the Chinese city of Guangzhou had no subway whatsoever 20 years ago. Today, its subway system has 186 stations and is 191 miles/307 km long. It is today the world’s fourth busiest metro system, beating New York’s, London’s, Moscow’s and Paris’ in terms of ridership.
xVLOo TIL Smaller animals perceive time slower than bigger ones.