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TIL hyenas are not dogs OR cats, but are so unique they have their own scientific family

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0dp0j TIL In 2012, a solar Coronal Mass Ejection that might have taken the world 4 to 10 years to recover from missed Earth by about 9 days
e0RR6 TIL During WWII, an entire Italian island surrendered to a British RAF pilot named Sydney Cohen who emergency landed his plane there. There were 4,200 Italian troops, but only 1 pilot and 2 other officers on the plane. He became known as the King of Lampedusa.
XEVxP TIL most crosswalk buttons in major cities do nothing. It is too dangerous for pedestrians to control the flow of traffic, so the buttons will only allow you to cross when there are no cars.
rRZk0 TIL Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University, studying spectral analysis of over 200,000 galaxies, initially determined the average color of the universe to be a greenish white. Later study corrected this to a slight beige. A vote followed by press coverage christened the final color "Cosmic Latte"
Y7yQd TIL that an aircraft like the Boeing 747 burns approximately 4L (0.9 gallons) of fuel every single second while in flight.