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TIL there are snakes that use popping farts as a defense mechanism (Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake)

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6E4lW TIL that the sun loses about 6 million tons of mass every second due to nuclear fusion and the solar wind. Despite constantly losing large sums of mass, it has only lost roughly 0.05% of its original mass over the last 4.5 billion years.
VM8ED TIL about the weather phenomenon dubbed St. Elmo's fire. It occurs when a luminous plasma is created in an electrical field, resulting in a bright blue glow accompanied by a sharp cracking noise. When affecting ships at sea, it often warned of an incoming lightning strike, leaving sailors awestruck.
rRO9y TIL: Monty Python's Graham Chapman was bisexual, defining his attraction as "75%/25%, favoring males"
R5bM8 TIL That early paintings of Jesus often had him holding/using a wand when performing his miracles
XEdQr TIL that the Challenger hemi is rarer than most exotic cars - only 47 Hemi Challengers were made in 1971.