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TIL: Lightning can, and commonly does strike during a snowstorm. this phenomenon is known as “thundersnow.”

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MeMW7 TIL the scene in 'The Breakfast Club' in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor of the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted. John Hughes told them all to ad-lib.
OGZQa TIL Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of Death Note and Bakuman, admitted they never thought they would become a manga author, expecting Weekly Shonen Jump to pass on Death Note.
4kmnR TIL about Christine Granville, a WW2 spy and Polish aristocrat - Winston Churchill would declare her as his favourite spy. She talks her way into service with M16, gets captured by Germans twice but escapes, and rescues her lover from execution by firing squad.
D1a7r TIL Richard Nixon once admitted he wanted to become a rapper. The confession was rediscovered by a Washington Post reporter in 1997 while listening to one of the presidential recordings.
ZpvRB TIL John F Kennedy was a WW2 war hero. In 1943 the torpedo bost he was in command of was struck by a Japanese destroyer. When the boat sank, Kennedy swam a critically injured crew member 3.5 miles to shore. They were rescued by writing a message on a coconut husk.