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TIL that on December 10, 1987, a squirrel chewed through power lines and shut down the Nasdaq for 82 minutes, preventing the trading of approximately 20 million shares.

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grPJ7 TIL we know leafcutter bees are at least 30 million years old because we’ve found fossilized leaves that age with the telltale circles leafcutter bees make.
laQG TIL in the 1970s, over 700,000 tires, held together by steel, were dumped off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef. The steel later rusted apart, detaching the tires and causing an environmental disaster.
OXd7 TIL Michelle Pfeiffer was taken in by a cult early in her career and gave them most of her acting money. She was deprogrammed as a result of a movie on the subject.