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TIL Lightning can reach temperatures 5 times hotter than the sun

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oRBAY TIL that King Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, ordered the execution of Anabaptists - who believed in a second adult baptism - by what he referred to as a 'Third Baptism': Drowning!
BgQvy TIL that in 2021, Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary beads were stolen in £1m raid on Arundel castle
8blV TIL that in 2007 the price of the drug Acthar was raised overnight. From $1650 a vial to $23,000. The most important use is treating West syndrome/infantile spasms, a rare, sometimes fatal epileptic disorder that generally strikes before the age of 1.
doVQ TIL when Florence Henderson arrived to do her Brady Bunch screen test, there was no one on staff to do her make-up. She went over to the adjoining studio where Star Trek was filmed and ended up in a make-up chair surrounded by William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and “six or eight space monsters”.
kJJrm TIL that the set of the film "Good Burger" frequently stank because the meat they used would spoil.