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TIL the air around lightning can get up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 5x hotter than the sun’s surface

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x7VD TIL that Scott Adams began writing “Dilbert” based on experiences he was having at his employment. Rather than fire him, they gave him meaningless work in an effort to get him to quit - which just gave him more time and material for “Dilbert.”
ADPwB TIL - American fast food companies are banned from Iran, so the country is home to many knock-off fast food joints with similar branding and food, such as "Mash Donalds", and "Pizza Hot". Lawsuits from major corporations are rare due to the American/Iranian relationship and Iranian trademark law.
aNDo TIL Newton’s flaming laser sword is a philosophical razor that states anything that cannot be settled by experiment is not worthy of debating.
4k6Gw TIL that expensive "crystal" (e.g. Waterford, Swarovski, Lalique) is actually just glass made with (most notably) lead oxide. Depending on the year and brand of your crystal, ingestion of lead is a possibility.
rNRmo TIL Junius Kellogg halted the largest point-shaving scandel in college basketball in 1951; later he became a successful wheelchair basketball coach after becoming paralyzed in an auto accident while playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.