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TIL if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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580D TIL that on Feb 14, 1916, a group of 15,000 Australian soldiers went on a drunken rampage through the streets of Sydney, hijacking trains and drinking pubs dry of beer.
j64yj TIL the 2020 United States presidential election had a voter turnout of 66.6%.
GAZ4g TIL the camera used on the original Apollo moon landing missions didn't have a viewfinder
yQVkX TIL the first British pilot to be shot down in WWII was in a friendly fire incident three days into the war
8allP TIL Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Famer, couldn't escape his older sister Cheryl's shadow while in high school. On January 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. He tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out Cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!