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TIL In 1942 Punxatawney Phil (the Groundhog) did not make a prediction on the remaining length of winter but claimed to only see a partial shadow, adding that, “War clouds have blacked out parts of the shadow.”

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y1wp TIL of the Holodomor, mass-deaths resulting from man-made famine in Ukraine during 1932. The highest estimates of death tolls rival the Holocaust with anywhere from 3 to 12 million killed.
v1jeR TIL that over 108 billion people have lived on the Earth and today's population of 7.5 billion represents 7% of humans that have ever lived.
jQ4v TIL it is not coldest just before the dawn - it is coldest about an hour after dawn. The temperature only begins to increase once the incoming solar radiation overcomes the heat radiating away from earth.
7ZAL TIL In 1918 A black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt from a White mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
9YXOX TIL of Japan's "Okinoshima", an island off-limits to women. Access is only granted to 200 men for one day every year after they purify themselves in the surrounding sea.