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TIL that "blood rains" mentioned in the Old Testament and throughout religion are a natural phenomenon caused by spores of green microalgae and dust. Sometimes recurring frequently for up to a month, red rains have frequently been recorded in parts of southern India and Sri Lanka.

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R1Q1 TIL that having zero recollection of your drive to work or school (autopilot), has a name. It’s called Highway Hypnosis.
jN0pj TIL that during a flight from Taipei to Los Angeles a Chinese Airlines Boeing 747SP not only performed a 360 degree roll but also pulled 5 gs twice after their #4 engine failed. Aside from a broken foot and strained back, all passengers and crew were unharmed.
xDLg TIL that Martin Van Buren was the only president that did not have English as his first language. He spoke Dutch.
jNRAM TIL that in 1989, Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, who was observing a screening of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, laughed uncontrollably to the point that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack
Ooe71 TIL During the production of the music video for Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel had to lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while the stop motion effects were animated one frame at a time.