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TIL - Many major pop hits of the 90s and 2000s were produced/written by the same guy

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GYJwE TIL in 2012 there was a massive solar flare, at least as powerful as the Carrington event in 1859. It could have devastated the electrical grid and even disabled the water supply, but missed Earth by a week. The chance of another hit was 12% in the next 10 years. "We need to be prepared."
j661N TIL Polish craftsmen arrived in colonial America before the Pilgrims did
1rE4 TIL that between 30 and 50 per cent of the global population is thought to be infected by a cat parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. Some scientists believe that the parasite can control the brain of it’s host. A toxo-infected person is more than twice as likely to be in a car accident.
4Xk55 TIL Walt Whitman lost his job at the Dept. of the Interior after publishing "Leaves of Grass" because the Secretary of the Interior found it offensive.
6948Z TIL: The Horses of Medieval Times Weren't Much Bigger Than Modern-Day Ponies