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TIL: That if the same solar flare that hit the earth in 1859 were to hit today, it would cause TRILLIONS of dollars in communication and satellite disruptions and would be the largest natural disaster of all time.

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MlBa TIL that an ice hockey team composed entirely of Icelandic players that were rejected by other teams because of their ethnicity went on to win Canada’s first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey
Xbj6 TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts
NXyee TIL In 1910, Canada tried to attract settlers with its campaign "The Last Best West" to promote free land with the slogan "Living is cheap; climate is good; education and land are free.” More than two million settlers from Europe and the US poured into the prairies from 1896 to 1914
8eJOZ TIL that in the year 1698 the ruler of Russia, Czar Peter the Great, declared a war on beards.