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TIL that a solar storm equivalent to the Carrington Event missed earth by just 9 days in 2012.

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R5a97 TIL that a runny nose while pooping is normal and common.
mxElo TIL of Ching Shih, a woman that controlled a pirate fleet of 300 ships and around 40,000 men off the coast of China during the 1800's.
WedA TIL that the Military at one time invented the M65 - The Recoiless Nuclear Rifle. It fired nuclear rockets.
KODew TIL of Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer and scientist, who became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands to prove the Ancients could've accomplished this too.
0d4EN TIL higher-ups at McDonald's once created a 'McResource' page for their minimum-wage employees. The page included advice on how much they should be tipping their personal trainers, massage therapists, and pool cleaners.