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TIL that on January 31st the U.S. will see the first supermoon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse sync up since 1866.

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9w0RM TIL that in 1999 Kirsten Dunst starred as the magical princess Majokko in the Takashi Murakami and McG directed short Akihabara Majokko Princess singing a cover of The Vapors' 1980 song "Turning Japanese".
Oorx4 TIL Canada has over 56 percent of the world's coastline. Canada's coastline has an overall length of 202,080 kms (125,567 miles)
m90x TIL that in the moment leading up to the verdict announcement of the O.J. Simpson murder case, trading volume on the NYSE decreased by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms, and so much work stopped that the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.
KOKv9 TIL about a student nurse called Lupe Hernandez who, in 1966, invented hand sanitizer (alcohol gel). She realised that if alcohol was in gel form, it could clean hands when people had no access to soap and water.