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TIL that small bluish-gray band on the horizon during sunset is actually the Earth's shadow being cast on the atmosphere.

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pZ0O TIL That Hawaiian pizza is Canadian
PYn5w TIL that beneath the city of Tokyo lies an ingenious water diversion system to minimize flooding in the city during typhoons. This world’s largest water channeling infrastructure can divert 200 tons of storm water per second into the Edo River.
16MAV TIL that, until 1998, a Member of Parliament had wear a top hat to raise a point of order in the House of Commons.
KOMX6 TIL that Taco Bell originally started out as a hotdog stand in 1948. Glen Bell, the founder, reverse engineered the taco recipe from a popular Mexican restaurant across the street. He then reopened as a taco stand that would later become Taco Bell.
nenNr TIL individuals who get "chills" from music have differently wired brains than those who don't- more nerve fibers connect their auditory cortex (the part of the brain that processes sound) to their anterior insular cortex (the region involved in processing feelings).