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TIL about 'The never-ending lightning storm' in Venezuela. A lightning storm strikes most nights for eight months of every year, and has been flashing for thousands of years. Scientists still don't know why.

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W707B TIL A Japanese engineer survived both the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombs. During the Hiroshima blast, he threw himself into a ditch just 3 kilometers from ground 0. Three days later, his boss in Nagasaki was calling him crazy for saying that a bomb had destroyed Hiroshima when Nakazaki was hit.
9Y6XD TIL The iconic theme from ‘The Legend of Zelda’ for the NES was composed in one night because Nintendo was originally using a copyrighted song
WkJmo TIL the world's largest hydroelectric dam is being built in the Congo River. It could generate 40,000 megawatts of energy and provide 40% of Africa's electricity
n68o TIL when dogs defecate and urinate, they prefer to align their body axis with Earth’s north-south geomagnetic field lines.
oyp7 TIL Hydrocodone (Vicodin) is no longer available for medical use in most of the world, dating as far back as the 60`s, due to its habit forming side effects. Except in the US where it is available, and classified in a low narcotic category.