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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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b9Pvp TIL In 1982, Dolph Lundgren graduated with a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney
yQxDw TIL of the "California Nut Crimes", including the theft of 35 truckloads of nuts worth about $10 million between 2013 - 2017.
nn1b TIL the human race almost became extinct 70.000 years ago because of a dry spell.
NXxpP TIL that while dogs may not pass the traditional mirror test, they do pass a "smell mirror" test, suggesting they understand the concept of 'self'.
W75AN TIL that in 2009, the word Muggeseggele, meaning the scrotum of a housefly, was voted as the most beautiful word in Swabian German in a readers' survey by the largest newspaper in Stuttgart, well ahead of any other term.