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TIL: In 2005, the BBC asked readers to vote for individual band members to create an “ideal supergroup.” They voted for Led Zeppelin

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DQdyY TIL the 2023 Canadian wildfires burned an area larger than approximately 55% of the combined land area of all EU countries (9,419,818 hectares)
QJDEL TIL Discover Magazine was created when Time editor noticed that magazine sales jumped every time the cover featured a science topic and interpreted this as a considerable public interest in science
yQRJe TIL that for a period in the 19th century, walking competitions that lasted for days was a big money spectator sport.
Rl06 TIL that the honey badger emits smelly, suffocating secretions from its anal glands to fumigate hives, causing bees to flee and leave their honey for the honey badger
74Op TIL the internment of Japanese during WWII cost America $3 billion dollars when Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explicitly apologized and called it and act of “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”