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TIL that one day in 1871, Canada was perfectly visible from Rochester, NY. The phenomenon was known as the Rochester Mirage

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rR69M TIL about mental health: after 83,000 brain scans, Dr. Daniel Amen says the most important lesson learned is that many people have problems with their brain, but a lot of them can be easily fixed if scanned and treated, rather than blindly prescribing intense medication
QNWPM TIL the Great Arkansas Pearl Rush started in 1897 after a 14-grain pink pearl was found in the Black River near Black Rock, Arkansas. It lasted until 1905, but a button-making industry emerged that continued on to the 1940s by using mussel shells that had been discarded.
GAYrN TIL that Japan introduced radio exercise programs to the public as a way to celebrate Emperor Hirohito's coronation in 1928. The idea was inspired by the radio exercise program produced by an American insurance company in the 1920s.
j6BWj TIL when the emperor of Japan announced the surrender at the end of WW2 he did it in extremely formal and archaic words, the equivalent of an English speaker using Shakespearean language
Y7pQB TIL Odin and Loki would make fun of each other by bringing up their sex lives. Odin would make fun of Loki for enjoying the form of a mare in order to produce great horses, and Loki made fun of Odin for enjoying seið magic, which often involved being the passive receiver of sexual penetration.