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TIL that a bolt of lightning is four times hotter than the surface of the sun

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69RoW TIL nearly half (46%) of US EV owners want to switch back to a gasoline-powered car.
J19ZB TIL that 'Coma' (1978) so scared audiences that organ donations in cities dropped by up to 60% that year. The film, in which patients are killed for body parts, also caused people to ask hospitals to buy or sell organs; the Eye Bank received 24 offers to sell eyes for $5-10,000.
dZ4r TIL a woman bought a used bible in California, found an essay in it that she wrote when she was a kid…while living in Kentucky.
5Vl89 TIL Emperor Hirohito of Japan was given the original print of the Disney short Lambert the Sheepish Lion, after it was learned it was his favourite Disney film
NXYmJ TIL that the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to celebrate JFK's birthday was irreparably damaged after Kim Kardashian wore it in 2022, even though Kardashian lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks to fit into it.