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v17mD TIL that in 1938 1800 veterans of the Civil War attended an 75th Anniversary reunion at Gettysburg, PA. The youngest was 88 years old, and the oldest claimed to be 112 years old.
EgJLw TIL that a cubic kilometer of cumulus cloud weighs around 500,000kg and is still lighter than a cubic kilometer of dry air
wojYJ TIL that ELVES are a rare type of red lightning that involves red flashes with a radius of 350 km (220 mi) which only last for 0.001 second. They form when an electromagnetic pulse shoots upward and causes the nitrogen molecules to glow scarlet.
6EaW TIL that the 1999 film “The Mummy” was so successful that the morning after it was released Universal Studios phoned the director and said “we need another one”
rZD0 TIL when he died, MLK was planning a Poor People’s Campaign, demanding jobs, health care, and decent homes for the poor. He wanted protesters to march on Washington and stay until their demands were met. The protest began 5 weeks after his murder.