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TIL helicopters can trigger lightning strikes

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ZKLR TIL that the schizophrenic artist Mary Barnes discovered her talent while undergoing treatment at Kingsley Hall during which she was encouraged to regress to a childlike state and paint on the walls with her feces. When they needed a solution for the smell, they decided to give her paint.
oDjR TIL a truck driver passed out, crashed, and died after breathing in toxic fumes created by a cargo of decomposing sea lettuce
0VQN TIL the Japanese word “Zettai ryōiki” refers to the area of bare skin in the gap between overknee socks and a miniskirt.
LQDR0 TIL, the average thru hiker on the Appalachian Trail spends $10,000 during their 5 month hike
LbQm TIL the Nazi SS threatened to shoot the Archbishop of Greece for openly protesting againt the deportation of Jews. He reminded them that, “according to the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, our prelates are hung and not shot. Please respect our traditions!”