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TIL the baby from the first-ever "gender reveal party" is non-conforming, and the mom wishes the trend never caught on

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JeN8 TIL despite containing components from a 19th century fireplace mantel, Brian May’s homemade electric guitar, the “Red Special”, has only needed a single major restoration since its construction in 1963 (mostly for cosmetic work). May continues to use it as his primary guitar for live performances.
Gerj TIL A Woman in Oregon started a wildfire to give some work to her bored firefighter friends. Eventually, the fire, named as the Sunnyside Turnoff wildfire, spread to about 80 square miles — 51,000 acres — costing nearly $8 million to fight and took two months to bring under complete control.
4krkR TIL that A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. The charge carried by a bolt of lightning is so intense that it has a temperature of 30,000°C (54,000°F).
RJ78 TIL. A japanese train station which stayed open for years so that its one commuter could get to school has shut down recently because the girl student graduated.
VBXW0 TIL George Orwell provided the British state with a list of possible communists/subversives before he died in 1949