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TIL Lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5 times hotter than the surface of the sun)

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QJrrp TIL high school sports is something that is unique in the US. In most countries in the world, schools don't have sports teams.
vPXBR TIL During WW2, Juan Pujol Garcia, an apparent Spanish businessman, played a role in convincing the Nazis that the Allies were planning to stage the majority of the landings in Pas de Calais, rather than the Normandy coast. Garcia was working for the British intel., who referred to him as Garbo
9YoWM TIL city spiders are getting bigger, a study found that when spiders lived in urban areas they increased in size and had larger ovaries: Scientists have found increasing evidence that the selective pressures of city living are driving "physical and biological changes" in urban wildlife
VBoaD TIL that piercings can be rejected by the body
WRpL TIL the pressurization of an airplane cabin alters the function of taste buds, causing a decrease of up to 30% in the ability to taste saltiness or sweetness. This is one of the reasons so many people dislike airline food.