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TIL the longest lightning bolt ever recorded stretched about 829 km (515 miles), making it one of the largest electrical events ever measured on Earth.

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8eW1G TIL of Puncak Jaya, a 16,024 ft mountain on New Guinea. It is the highest mountain on an island on Earth. In 1623 a Dutch explorer saw glaciers on the mountain and was ridiculed in Europe when he said he had seen snow near the equator. The sighting went unverified for over two centuries.
xVED0 TIL Roman Emperor Valentinian I died from bursting a blood vessel in his skull while angrily yelling at envoys from a Germanic tribe known as the Quadi, for their diplomatic insults.
69nGl TIL that pandas in zoos either lose interest in mating or have no idea how to, so zoos will show them videos of other pandas procreating to both arouse and educate them. This is done in response to other unsuccessful attempts at encouraging reproduction, including giving the males Viagra
9wBx7 TIL that most of the Woody voices in Toy Story merchandise and video games weren’t done by Tom Hanks, but by his brother Jim Hanks.
yVNnX TIL that India has a bridge named Living Root Bridge in Meghalaya, which is made of living tree roots and can support the weight of up to 50 people at a time.