![]() * Had a solar eruption happened nine days earlier than it did in 2012, the Earth would have been hit by a massive solar storm that would likely have caused major X-ray and UV radiation and power failure over the planet. * The Sami people of Northern Finland have a unit of measurement called the “poronkusema” - the distance a reindeer can walk before it needs to urinate. * A hydrangea flower’s color is determined by the relative acidity of the soil in which it’s grown: Acidic soil will produce a blue flower, while alkaline soil will yield a pink blossom. ![]() While he lost the silver medal, he was given the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship. * Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors whose boat had capsized. * If viewed from space or a high altitude, the sun appears to be white. * Fulmars, a type of seabird, vomit putrid fishy oil on predatory birds in self-defense, which not only smells awful but is lethal to the attackers, as it permanently glues their feathers together. * One day in 1930, the BBC announced on air that “there is no news,” and played piano music. * At just 15 years old, actor Sylvester Stallone’s classmates voted him “most likely to end up in the electric chair.”
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