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TIL Ancient solar storms can be detected in tree rings

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69XL8 TIL house cats are an invasive species
R58Y4 TIL that the full ceremonial name for Bangok is Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit
5Vxj9 TIL about the island of Attu—the Westernmost point of the United States and site of the only WWII land battle on US soil
Br7vr TIL: A British man lived in the Alps as a goat for three days and won the Ig Nobel Prize for his efforts.
awnE0 TIL it remains a scientific mystery how Baikal Seals originally came to Lake Baikal, hundreds of kilometers from any ocean. Estimated to have inhabited Lake Baikal for some two million years, the Baikal Seal is the only true freshwater seal on Earth.