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N7EJM Across the atmosphere of Earth, lightning flashes about 50 times per second. That’s 4.3 million times a day and roughly 1.5 billion times a year.
e0ZpL TIL that a linesman in the 2006 Champions League final between Arsenal and Barcelona was replaced on the day of the final, because he the day before had appeared in a local newspaper in his home country Norway wearing a Barcelona shirt.
8eB44 TIL that it used to be common for politicians to bribe voters with booze. It was called "swilling the planters with bumbo"
epA7D TIL McDonald French Fries contains beef flavoring
Vpxp TIL a man named C.B. Fry is history’s ‘Ultimate All Rounder’: having attended Oxford University; represented England in Cricket and football; played in the FA Cup final; equaled the world long-jump record; as well as having proficiency in teaching, writing, broadcasting, and politics.