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TIL The mathematical properties of the arch-angel Gabriel’s supposed “Horn of truth” has been solved.

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6Erw8 TIL in 1973 a Concorde aircraft prototype performed the longest observation of a total solar eclipse (74 minutes)
6E77W TIL a man who was in a coma for 10 years gradually began recovering due to his hatred of Barney and Friends, which was shown repeatedly at the special care center he was staying in.
8an5P TIL in 1783, an Icelandic volcano (Laki) erupted over 8-months spewing poisonous sulfur dioxide across the Northern Hemisphere. It lead to some of the worst winters on record with mass crop failures, famine, disease and is said to have been the trigger for the French Revolution.
JY45l TIL There are 11 musicians who have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. They are Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Brenda Lee, Floyd Cramer, and Sam Phillips.
6drJ TIL that Orca’s will drown great white sharks by holding them upside down in their mouth and inducing tonic immobility. They then eat their liver and let them sink to the bottom of the ocean.