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TIL: Forest fires can create lightning

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QJjeE TIL Gonads are an actual medical term
9wZ4Q TIL that on May 17, 1947 at Fenway Park a 3lb smelt fell out of the sky and hit Red Sox pitcher Ellis Kinder in the head
16vP4 TIL that members of Congress receive annual allowances of $3.7M for senators and $1.4M for representatives, in addition to their salaries
0deL TIL the word “set” has 464 definitions, the most of any word in the English language.
woyRo TIL Owen Wilson was cast to play the part of Rick Peck in Tropic Thunder, however, Matthew McConaughey replaced him after he dropped out of the film following his suicide attempt in August 2007.