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TIL that tree rings don't just show age — they can also record solar flares, volcanic eruptions, and even supernovae.

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A9Jl TIL: Archie and Marvel’s The Punisher actually had a crossover, in which The Punisher chases an drug dealing Archie lookalike into Riverdale. It is also the “prequel” to the Punisher/Batman crossover.
1a5eV TIL there is a town in China completely focused on mass-production of oil paintings, where for example a single artist made 400 replicas of the same painting, and Wal-Mart alone orders thousands of paintings each month
LyQZ TIL Switzerland has enough underground shelter to house the entire country’s population… and then some.
evp4 TIL The Diary of Anne Frank was actually most successful in Japan. The Japanese identified with her “as an important cultural figure who represented the destruction of youth during the war.”
gk8y TIL Amy Schumer was once arrested for grand larceny, but used her relation to a U.S. senator to plead down the charge