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TIL most of the path of lightning strikes we see comes from the ground.

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wRko TIL In 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.
rXGd TIL:In 2011, 80 percent of all antibiotics sold by weight in the United States were used for meat and poultry production.
4Xyr5 TIL: of the Church of Universal Suffrage. A religion in the United States that believes all U.S. election days are a religious holiday, legally allowing all members to request ballots by mail.
9wM96 TIL Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh who ruled for over 20 years, often depicted herself in statues and painting with a male body and false beard in order to establish herself in the Egyptian patriarchy.
MaV0 TIL The FBI has almost every gun ever manufactured to use as reference to solve crimes.