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TIL that it once rained for more than a million years in an event known as the Carnian Pluvial Event during the Triassic Period.

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R75pw TIL that the eleven points of the maple leaf of the Canadian flag has no special significance: the number and arrangement of the points were chosen after wind tunnel tests and the chosen pattern is the least blurred under high winds.
BgM4y TIL that, in movies, staccato music is used to indicate comedy because it imitates human laughter
v1laK TIL: The Morris worm has been referred to as the "Great Worm", due to the devastating effect it had on the Internet, both in system downtime and psychological impact on the perception of internet security and reliability. The name was derived from the "Great Worms" of Tolkien: Scatha and Glaurung.
M70ma TIL of "gas bag" vehicles developed during the gasoline shortages of the World Wars. They used 'town gas', a by-product of the process of turning coal into cokes.
VoAG TIL the Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest-running film in histroy