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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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04vM TIL that Prince Henry of Prussia was considered for being the king of the United States
6Ebe7 TIL about the man who cut out his own appendix. The only doctor an an expedition to Antarctica, there was only one man and a bottle of whisky for the job.
9Y68X TIL in 2001 India started building roads that hold together using polymer glues made from shredded plastic wastes. These plastic roads have developed no potholes and cracks after years of use, and they are cheaper to build. As of 2016, there are more than 21,000 miles of plastic roads.
Y7k0B TIL that in 2001, during the canonization process of Mother Teresa, the Catholic Church called upon prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens to formally challenge her sainthood before them.
07ML TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records was started by Guinness Beer to stop bar arguments