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TIL of "Project Sandstorm", a sandstorm alarm in the works that uses Darude's Sandstorm as its alarm tone which increases in speed and volume depending on the severity of the storm

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kpO5 TIL that, in 200 BCE, Eratosthenes measured the Earth’s circumference to an accuracy of 98.4% by measuring the angle of the sun in two different cities
NoWe TIL Bhutan celebrated the birth of their Prince by planting over 108,000 trees in districts throughout the country.
VMVMp TIL there is a Russian version of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia called "В Москве всегда солнечно" - "It's Always Sunny in Moscow". The gang runs a bar named Philadelphia.
l75rG TIL that before 1933 King Kong film came out, a novel based on the screenplay was released as part of the advertising campaign, which is opposite of more common route of films that start as novels before being adapted into a screenplay
POmO TIL the declassified SR-71 pilot’s manual states that it can cruise above mach 3.4… climbs faster than mach 3… and weighs a mind blowing “143,000 lbs”…more than the German King Tiger tank. It first flew in 1962 and is also the first stealth aircraft.