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TIL risk of injury or death from lightning strikes is not minimized by the” lightning position” we were taught

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4X7xN TIL Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" guy who saved 1200 people during the genocide, was recently kidnapped back to Rwanda and sentenced to 25 years in prison
PYPkV TIL that in 2009 identical twins Hassan and Abbas O. were suspects in a $6.8 million jewelry heist. DNA matching the twins was found but they had to be released citing "we can deduce that at least one of the brothers took part in the crime, but it has not been possible to determine which one."
Yg57 TIL the EU saves all its citizens’ texts, calls and emails for up to 2 years.
BgLeD TIL Zelda Fitzgerald used to ridicule F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size so much that he made Ernest Hemingway take a look at it in a public bathroom. Hemingway told him his dick was normal.
Z800B TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep his head cool. He changed it every two innings.