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TIL IMAX projectionists have to wear protective body armor while handling or changing the projectors lamp

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0dNp1 TIL of "sun outages" in days near the equinoxes, in which signals to or from geosynchronous communication satellites are drowned out by the radio noise blasting from the sun as the satellite or the earth from the satellite's POV moves slowly near it.
79X7 TIL that Earth is only just inside the habitable zone by 1%. We very nearly too close to the sun to ever have life as we know it.
4XByw TIL Costa Rica celebrates 71yrs with no military today, identifies teachers as its best defense
yQ6xV TIL that Vivendi (the media conglomerate that owns Universal Music Group, Dailymotion, Gameloft, etc.) was founded by decree of emperor Napoleon III in 1853 as a water supply company.
dDvoQ TIL that exactly one week after the finale of the reality show Murder in Small Town X, the winner, firefighter Ángel Juarbe Jr., died in the 9/11 attacks.