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TIL of Solar Storm of 2012. It was an event on July 23 that produced a solar outburst that was comparable to the Solar Storm of 1859, which destroyed all electrical equipment. However, this solar outburst narrowly missed Earth by 9 days; it would have cost an estimated $2.6 trillion in damages.

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