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TIL the Auroras caused by the Carrington Event were so bright that it woke coal miners in Colorado, who began making breakfast believing it was morning.

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OZye TIL that the guard at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marches 21 paces north, turns to the east for 21 seconds, turns north for 21 seconds, and marches 21 paces south to repeat. This pattern is a respectfully silent version of the military’s highest funerary salute– the 21-gun salute.
Z174 TIL Robot is Czech for serf labor and Asimov was the first to use the word Robotics
4Xar6 TIL that, during the 1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic, concealing infection and moving between districts were made capital offenses
eY8L TIL you were supposed to be 18 to audition for That 70s Show. Mila Kunis was only 14, so she told casting directors that was “going to be 18,” without saying when. It was technically true and she got the part.
oBQe7 TIL That the first life on earth was not bacteria or eukaryotes but something called LUCA that came around 4 billion years ago. It was the ultimate ancestor of every gene of every bit of life on earth.