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TIL about Catatumbo "House of Thunder" lightning. Where 140 to 160 night's a year, 9 hours per day, 16 to 40 lightning flashes per minute occurs.

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1ajVO TIL of Ian Manuel. A man who spent years in isolation after he was condemned to die in prison for a nonhomicide offense at age 13. He won his freedom in 2016 with the help of the woman he attacked. He is now an activist, motivational speaker, and published author.
EgQdP TIL The largest blackout in history left over 620 million people without power in 2012. Despite affecting 9% of the world's population, the blackout was entirely within the country of India.
o04K TIL The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation of its iron content by chemist Erich von Wolf in 1870. He misplaced a decimal point, recording iron as having 35mg of iron per 100g, instead of its true value of 3.5mg/100g. The former is equal to eating part of a paperclip
KOpba TIL that ferrets don't exist in the wild; they're the domesticated form of the European polecat, and America's "black-footed ferret" is, in fact, actually a species of polecat.
1enD TIL octopuses have 3 hearts, their tentacles have minds of their own, and have been in existence for millions of years prior to dinosaurs.