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TIL the Roman Empire lasted over 1,400 years, influencing modern law, architecture, and languages across Europe and beyond.

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Zpxjo TIL The "Great Geomagnetic Storm" of 1859 disrupted most telegraph communications worldwide. But a line between Boston and Portland was able to communicate for almost 2 hours without using external power- due to it's alignment with the geomagnetically induced current produced by the event.
MePDB TIL metal musicians recorded a charity single in 1985 named Stars
ANPQl TIL Singer Hank Williams died less than two months after releasing his final single titled "I'll never get out of this world alive"
OoWb6 TIL that recoilless rifles (aka cannons/rocket launchers) are used to safely trigger avalanches from a distance in a controlled manner.
6MGZ TIL that the Darian calendar is a proposed system of time-keeping for Mars. The year is divided into 24 months of four weeks; each week has seven days: Sol Solis, Sol Lunae, Sol Martis, Sol Mercurii, Sol Jovis, Sol Veneris and Sol Saturni.