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TIL: The former band Hanson, founded a beer company in Oklahoma, calling their beer “Mmmhops Pale Ale”

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wLoeJ "What if we could just cool the planet off by making it more reflective—more like a disco ball than a baseball? Actually, we could. It’s called solar geoengineering. Scientists could release materials into the stratosphere that reflect sunlight back into space, kind of like slapping giant sunglasses on Earth."
LJrV TIL in 1988 a cargo plane was trying to deliver much needed medical supplies to hurricane victims of Honduras, but the tarmac was filled with unsolicited and unneeded donations so the plane was turned away. 60% of items donated after a disaster can’t be used.
v1Q0L TIL The Knights of Malta (aka Hospitallers) are considered the world's smallest sovereign state and even issue their own passports.
LNDP TIL that half of all human deaths from the beginning of time can be attributed to malaria
ANaxx TIL: Napoleon Bonaparte refused to open his mail for three weeks. By that time, most of the issues raised in the letters had resolved themselves and no longer required his attention.