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TIL that Giraffes are 30x more likely to get struck by lightning than humans

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kOvg4 TIL that a skull-shaped asteroid is passing by earth after Halloween. The last time it came close to earth was Halloween 2015, within 300,000 miles.
grB9W TIL pajamas are called 'night suits' in south asia
VMwRp TIL Researchers at IBM made the worlds smallest stop-motion movie (45x25 nanometers) by rearranging individual atoms to create images.
RMg1 TIL that there was a Navy Seal so elite, they created his own unit just for him. And he kidnapped Admirals and infiltrated US military bases. His name, Richard Marcinko.
R78j8 TIL that Mr. Rogers greatly enjoyed the 1994 film Forrest Gump, which his son said Rogers viewed "probably a hundred times."