The big kablooey on the sun. And you might notice.

Solar flares. They are for real. In fact, it was on this date, August 16, 1989, that a solar flare from the Sun created a geomagnetic storm so big that it affected all sorts of microchips all across the land. So much so that it brought down all trading on Toronto’s stock market that day. […]

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