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TIL that Buddhists see the movie “Groundhog Day” as an illustration of Samsara - the cycle of life, death, and rebirth

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gMMpW A circumhorizontal arc often called a fire rainbow, is an optical phenomenon in which an ice halo forms by hexagonal, plate-shaped ice crystals in high-level cirrus clouds. The halo is so large that the arc appears parallel to the horizon, hence the name. When the sun is very high in the sky, sunlight entering flat, hexagon-shaped ice crystals get split into individual colours just like in a prism.
ANWrn TIL insect antennae are often called 'feelers' because the insect waves them around. This is a misnomer because they are not only used for touch. The antennae are actually the insect’s 'nose' - they are used for the sense of smell. The paired antennae are made up of a number of individual joints.
pYep4 TIL that the Sojourner Mars rover is named after African American abolitionist Sojourner Truth through an essay contest and not because it was a temporary traveler, or sojourner, to Mars.
VMxak TIL the outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere, consisting of plasma (hot ionized gas), is called the “corona.” It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun’s magnetic field.
aLxL TIL a stranded Dutch warship, the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, evaded Japanese bombers in WWII by disguising itself as an island.