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TIL Ancient solar storms can be detected in tree rings

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kOYrd TIL M&M's were created in 1941 to provide the military with chocolate that didn't melt. During WW2 M&M's were exclusively sold to the military.
ZnVR TIL, many Civil War battles have two names, because the Union named battles after natural features and the Confederacy after the man-made structures/towns nearby
VBWWB TIL in the book 'Stuart Little', Stuart was born from his human mother as a mouse, rather than adopted, as the movie adaptation depicted.
wEwo TIL the NYPD once strip-searched a black man, cuffed him with his hands behind his back, sodomized him with a plunger, then jammed the plunger handle into his mouth. His colon and bladder were severly damaged. The NYPD claimed his injuries were the result of “abnormal homosexual activities”.
XEJvD TIL that China and Taiwan each have a Tsinghua University with the same motto and almost identical emblems. The China school was established in 1911. After the communist takeover, the president escaped to Taiwan and restablished the school in 1956.