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TIL that Asperitas clouds create dramatic, wave-like structures in the sky. These rare and striking clouds have an undulating, rough appearance and were only recently classified in 2017. They often appear after thunderstorms and look like a turbulent sea viewed from below.

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kOmX1 Amazon is relaxing its policy around employees using weed, according to a new blog post, and will no longer enforce marijuana drug tests for any employee who isn’t also regulated by the Department of Transportation, like a delivery driver.
d8GPZ TIL that Groundhog Day was introduced to America by German settlers who originally used a hedgehog to predict the weather, switching to the groundhog as they were easier to come across in the Keystone State.
opnA TIL that after Kanye’s interruption of Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, Comedy Central played a South Park episode mocking Kanye’s ego, four times in a row, back to back.
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p8EwN Today I learned that the Russian Orthodox Church regularly blesses Russian Military Hardware, but has decided that it is inappropriate to bless weapons of mass destruction