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TIL Cards Against Humanity raised over $90,000 in donations to dig a hole for no reason.

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wok97 TIL the Auroras caused by the Carrington Event were so bright that it woke coal miners in Colorado, who began making breakfast believing it was morning.
8aOjP Today I learned that Ali Maow Maalin became the last person to naturally acquire and survive smallpox in 1977, only to die of Malaria in 2013.
omeK TIL that there is a galaxy being deathray-ed by its own supermassive black hole.
4EMR TIL after a girl in his community was killed by a red-light runner, this 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. With his neighborhood cheering him on, he smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop, no charges were filed against him
Z5da TIL MLK Jr’s birth name was Micheal King Jr. His father changed both their names after traveling to Germany and becoming inspired by the works of Martin Luther.