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TIL On July 23, 2012, Earth had a near miss with a solar flare. Had it occurred a week earlier, it would’ve wiped out communication networks, GPS and electrical grids.

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PYOmV TIL A an American school board tried to ban a book called “Making it with Mademoiselle”, as they believed it was inappropriate. They hadn’t bothered to research it. They reversed their decision after the book turned out to be a how-to pattern book about dress-making.
4XnQw TIL that even in a worst-case scenario, Rubix cubes are no more than 20 moves from being solved
nKVP TIL Boris Yeltsin’s faith in communism was shattered after a trip to a grocery store in a Houston suburb in 1989.
wWQ8 TIL the Commodore 64 computer dominated the US computer market during the mid-80s, outselling IBM PC compatibles and Apple computers.
LP1Z TIL that “Love You Forever” was written after author Robert Munsch and his wife had two stillborn babies