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TIL That There Were Volcanoes on the Moon During the Dinosaur Age

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GYyK7 TIL the Spanish once granted automatic Spanish citizenship to Irish people. Due to their belief that the Irish were a group of ancient Spanairds who left Spain with a Spanish King called Míl Espáine to settle the Island of Ireland.
wLYY TIL Alan Rickman failed his California driving test at one point for “driving too cautiously through a green light”
xVEPo TIL if microwaves had clear glass windows you would be exposed to the harmful microwaves they emit. The metal mesh screen over the windows have large enough holes for our eyes to see inside, but small enough to block the harmful microwaves that would otherwise be emitted.
9YA1X TIL that rainbow are actually in shape of a full circle. We just can't see the whole round because our surrounding land gets in the way. But if we stand in a higher altitude than our surrounding as well as the sun we can actually see the whole rainbow.
d8ao9 TIL despite his bad reputation, Emperor Nero was adored by the common people and his policies consistently favored the poor. He lowered taxes, ensured their legal aid and promoted art and culture instead of violent sports. The historians that vilified him were rich senators, his political enemies