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TIL that juries have brought attention to societal issues through verdicts

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e0bYg TIL that mosquitoes can fly in the rain because of their strong exoskeleton and tiny mass. The forces of raindrops colliding with them is the highest ever recorded acceleration that an animal survived, which are G-forces up to 300 times gravity.
pY0Xb TIL in Phantom of the Opera (1925) there is a mysterious prologue with a man holding a lantern talking. No surviving dialogue or title cards exist, and historians are unsure of where this scene came from
Lggd TIL that blue M&M food dye reduces paralysis from secondary spinal injuries, such as swelling around the spinal cord and the effects of chemical surges around the the injury which kills off healthy and uninjured cells. The only notable side effect - it will turn you blue temporarily.
8aDWZ TIL New York’s Five Mafia Families received millions of dollars for contracts for the Ground Zero debris clean up and engaged in a variety of schemes from no show jobs for high level bosses to illegally dumping debris
mnYv TIL the total power of sunlight striking Earth’s atmosphere is estimated at 174 Petawatts. That’s 174 quadrillion watts.