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TIL Total Solar Eclipse helped prove Einstien right about Relativity, making him an instant celebrity.

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w15P TIL in 1991, the little plastic ball in cans of Guinness won the Queens Award for Technological Advancement, beating the Internet and Email.
Npae TIL that the background of the painting ‘The Scream’ is believed to be an accurate representation of the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa
oRvDo TIL In the early 1700's, Britain sent over 50,000 convicted criminals to the US to be sold as laborers, mostly settling in the south to work Tobacco farms.
kO7DW TIL: The difference between David Bowie's eyes is caused by Anisocoria ( a condition where the pupils are two different sizes) which developed after Bowie got punched in the eye, in a fight over a girl when he was 15.
v15MK TIL In 1987 Corona was hit by the piss scandal. A rumour that Mexicans brewers were peeing in beer heading to the US market. The rumour was traced back to a Heineken distributor.