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TIL In 2011, NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a 150km-wide whirlpool in the S. Atlantic. It stood out because it was glowing.

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a6Lb TIL a FarmVille player stole from a blind man and murdered another person due to his desperation for FarmVille cash
PA5e TIL the Indian rebellion of 1857 started because the East India Trading Company was asking its soldiers to bite the seal off their ammo cartridges, which were sealed with pork and beef animal fats (against Muslim and Hindu beliefs).
p8KGO TIL In the mid-1800's Italy installed several British built 100-ton, 450mm black powder cannons on it's newest warships and in response the British bought several from the same manufacturer to install on the island of Malta. None of the guns were never used in any conflict and only two exist today.
1aylP TIL that Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.
78LaM TIL About Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Grandson of Queen Victoria and nephew to Kings Edward VIII and George VI. A member of German nobility he was a high ranking Nazi official and avoided imprisonment due to ill health and the intercession of some British Royals.