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TIL the Aurora is taller than 250 Burj Khalifas

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ANJ5a Today I learned that the USS Samuel B Roberts is the deepest shipwreck in the world.
vPv8B TIL about the Battle of Crysler’s Farm where a British-Canadian force managed to hold off an American army nearly 10x their size.
pYYdO TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
vPy1D TIL about the ‘exploits’ of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
pYyo4 TIL forms of brain training, including music and chess, do little to improve cognitive abilities except for the specific trained skill and similar skills