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"What if we could just cool the planet off by making it more reflective—more like a disco ball than a baseball? Actually, we could. It’s called solar geoengineering. Scientists could release materials into the stratosphere that reflect sunlight back into space, kind of like slapping giant sunglasses on Earth."

ANAXg TIL A man who saw John Wilkes Booth shoot Lincoln was on a TV Game Show
R71NQ TIL Israel and the United States withdrew membership from UNESCO in 2018, claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.
rwXd TIL 44% of homeless people in the US actually have jobs but can’t afford housing
0ddbM TIL: The USA Declared the Marianas trench a National monument
0gmA TIL 25% of all Toblerone chocolate is sold at duty free airport shops