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TIL Russia has a monument dedicated to lab rats

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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.
vMo8 TIL The creator of Cowboy Bebop was told to make a show to sell spaceship toys, with the instructions, “So long as there’s a spaceship in it, you can do whatever you want.”
9Yv57 TIL Due to overfishing, less than 10% of the global fisheries catch now comes from the open ocean. An end to high-seas fishing would in effect create a vast marine protected area in nearly 2/3 of the world’s oceans, allowing fish stocks to rebuild. With the ban, fishermen would actually catch more.
gmRX TIL that on the last night of their tour in Paris, Kanye and Jay-Z performed “N*ggas in Paris” 11 times in a row.
dgyj TIL A nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped on or near Tybee Island, GA. It didn’t detonate, some saying it didn’t have a fuse, but has also never been located.