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TIL the models for the famous painting ‘American Gothic’ were not husband and wife, or father and daughter. The pair were the painter’s sister and his dentist

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5YgeQ TIL Lightning plays an important part in the Earths nitrogen cycle by breaking down nitrogen molecules in the air, so they can be dissolved by rain, and then carried down to Earth. Nitrogen is a very important element and needed for the production, growth, and decomposition of every living thing.
Gm7j TIL that Sean Baker, a Military Policeman at Guantanamo Bay, was ordered to impersonate a prisoner in a secret training mission for US Soldiers to practice extracting uncooperative inmates from their cells. He was beaten so hard he suffered from major seizures caused by traumatic brain injury.
awgOJ TIL that Fatboy Slim sampled so many songs to create "The Rockafeller Skank" (also known as "Funk Soul Brother") that he had to give up 100% of the song's royalties to pay the original artists.
QJ7ya TIL that on Dec 20, 1987, Philippines, an estimated 4,386 people died, many of whom burnt alive in an event known as Asia's Titanic and the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. The ship Doña Paz, w/ a capacity of 1,518 passengers sank after colliding with an oil tanker. Only 25 people survived
gMGaW Today I learned upside-down rainbows exist; they are named circumzenithal arcs and are considered halos. Arcs are caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, generally in cirrus or cirrosts clouds, rather than from raindrops like regular rainbows.