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TIL There is an Indian village named "Piplantri", which celebrates the birth of every girl child. by planting 111 trees.

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W74Eo TIL 36 seconds after takeoff, Apollo 12 was struck by lightning and the computers, particularly those dealing with telemetry, immediately became garbled. The mission was almost aborted before engineer John Aaron recommended an obscure switch which reset data, saving the mission
Rnoa TIL An Australian public transport authority (Metro Trains, Melbourne) made a music video to promote railway safety. The video was censored in Russia because it “contains a description of different ways of committing suicide”
5Vdl8 TIL: The longest confirmed lightning bolt occurred in 2022 and traveled 477 miles across 3 states.
kJ4pB TIL about "Reporter's Privilege" which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources of information in court due to the delicate nature of their work that relies of secret information
GAReE TIL Barbara Eden of I Dream Of Jeannie fame is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.