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TIL that the soundtrack to the 1959 Disney animated classic Sleeping Beauty is scored almost entirely to the music from Tchaikovsky's 1889 ballet of the same name

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Y7Odr TIL "30% chance of rain" doesn't mean that 30% of the area will get rain or it'll rain for 30% of time. It is multiplication of confidence and area. For ex if a forecaster is 50% confident that 50% of the area will receive rain then the forecast would read "a 25% chance of rain" for given location.
JYjMv TIL that rubber bullets were invented by the British Ministry of Defence for use against rioters in the Troubles in Northern Ireland, first used there in 1970
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7ny7 TIL Sharks have been around longer than trees. Sharks appeared 400 million years ago while trees appeared 350 million years ago.