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TIL that there is another kind of lightning inside thunderstorms, called as “dark lightning” It expels antimatter and radioactive gamma rays.

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MNgB TIL from 1591 to 1869, the Catholic Church considered abortion to be permissible before the fetus “formed” (defined as the 116th day of pregnancy).
GE51 TIL of the 209 NASCAR races Danica Patrick has participated in she has never won a race.
89gK TIL Youtube has paid Rick Astley only $12 for his hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” despite the video having almost 100,000,000 views
newrP TIL during the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the USSR (which lasted just 2 days), the Russians had 96 men killed. 84 were in accidents, and 5 were suicides.
1DmD TIL that Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to give himself a better chance in the 1968 U.S. Presidential election, prolonging the war by 5 years.