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TIL that static shocks can involve tens of thousands of volts, and even several amps of current, but don’t hurt you because they last only millionths of a second.

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VMQyD TIL A meteor travelling over central Italy in AD 312 brought Constatine closer to the Christian faith. Today that meteor can be found at Cratere del Sirente in central Italy. The carbon dating proves to be around the time Constatine saw it and had his vision.
ZPVa TIL that through 50 years of experimentation investigating the domestication of wolves, scientists in the USSR (and later Russia) successfully domesticated the Silver Fox, a breed of foxes that behave like dogs
KPaa TIL: Augustus Caesar was rich enough that he could pay off every single student loan in the US, Pay off all credit card debt for every citizen in the US, All debt held by US states to the federal government, Pay of the debt of the lowest owing 120* countries and still be the richest man alive today
b9goQ TIL that for the 1999 Disney film "Tarzan", Phil Collins sang all his own songs for the Spanish, French, Italian, and German translations of the soundtrack.
QJQVa TIL That Giant Tarantulas will keep frogs as pets, keeping them safe from potential predators. In return these frogs will eat tiny insects that could otherwise harm Tarantula eggs before they hatch.