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TIL In 2009, a new black spot about the size of the Pacific Ocean appeared in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere.

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KO4vR TIL when New Zealand crowd-sourced ideas for a new national flag, one of the most infamous designs was "Fire the Lazer", a flag with a silver fern and a kiwi shooting a laser out of its eyes.
b7Ya TIL that a father searching for his missing daughter was photographed–and in the far background of the photo his missing daughter is seen.
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