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TIL Our Sun has "Sunquakes" generating waves reaching 2 miles high and reaching speeds up to 250,000 mph.

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LAPv TIL that during the 1977 New York blackout, a number of looters stole DJ equipment from electronics stores and as a result, the hip hop genre, barely known outside of the Bronx at the time, grew at an astounding rate from 1977 onward.
VBJO0 TIL because of constant famines during the British Raj Indian genes got starvation adapted and resistant to insulin. As a result, today Indians are four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. Over 100 million people have diabetes in India.
OoGJ6 TIL that the New Zealand badminton team at one time tried to combine their "All-Blacks" nickname, with a badminton shuttlecock, resulting in their team being nicknamed "The Black Cocks" for a while.
lYoV TIL Pilgrim clothing was full of color. They only wore black for special occasions.
GwmE TIL Chris Hemsworth’s first movie role was in Star Trek (2009). He played Kirk’s father who dies in the opening sequence of the film.