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Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Jan-2026 09:47:11 JST Today I learned

TIL Scientists at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia spent 17 years trying to identify powerful but extremely short radio bursts that would appear at seemingly random intervals. In 2015 they finally identified the cause: a microwave oven at the facility being opened prematurely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton_(astronomy)#Identification
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