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TIL Even during cloudless days with clear air, you can see a bright ring around the Sun caused by the scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere. A coronagraph and visual skyphotometer can study the intensity of solar aureole

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D9mj TIL of Kevin Mitnick, a hacker believed to be so dangerous that he was placed in solitary confinement for fear of being able to “start a thermonuclear war by whistling into a payphone.”
Me9LK TIL the first auto race was held in 1894, from Paris to Rouen, France. The winner had an average speed of 10.2 miles per hour.
M7by8 TIL if you fall asleep on a Tarantino set, you will be photographed with a 3-foot dildo named "Big Jerry" next to your face and placed on the wall of shame. If you remove it, it will be enlarged and placed back on the wall. If you remove it again, it will be printed on t-shirts for the entire crew.
NXVd6 TIL about Harland Fairweather, who died in April 2017, aged 97. He was survived by his mother, who died five months later at age 117.
wnKo TIL that Joseph Stalin’s son shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him, but survived. After this, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight.”