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TIL that in July of 2012, a massive solar storm which could have damaged electronic systems worldwide and cost the US 2.6 trillion dollars missed us by nine days.

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yVJJe TIL about Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a cultural event originating from Vancouver. The event originated to mark the coincidence of the Scottish cultural celebration of Robert Burns Day (25 Jan) with the Chinese New Year, but has come to represent a celebration of combining cultures in untraditional ways
gr09A TIL there is actually a Lime Disease, not caused by deer ticks, but by exposure to lime juice and UV light
eYd6 TIL that, even after more than 150 years, Ireland’s population has not yet reached the numbers it had before the Great Potato Famine.
KY99G TIL many stories were made by our ancestors to explain the Aurora borealis in the skies. In Greenland, people held the bittersweet belief that the lights were the spirits of babies who had died in childbirth, dancing across the sky.
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.