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TIL ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, the most energetic particles known to humans, all come from the same region of the universe and are caused by an physical process of unknown origin. The most powerful cosmic ray ever recorded carried energy of 300 billion billion eV.

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4XwMR TIL that Canadian Thanksgiving predates American Thanksgiving by 43 years
e0nMk TIL a wedding photographer was awarded $1,080,000 in a defamation suit when a couple refused to pay for a $125 fee.
nk57 TIL of Cunningham’s Law: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
xNZ7 TIL the Padres have signed the same handicapped ball player 20 years in row so he doesn’t lose his health insurance.
nKbP TIL that during the OJ Simpson verdict broadcast “Long-distance telephone call volume declined by 58% and trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms … the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.”