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TIL that lightning can't strike the same place twice is a myth. It can, and often does strike the same place repeatedly. The Empire State Building gets struck about 25 times per year

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NQR8 TIL YouTube stabilization works by analysing the video, reconstructing the scene in 3D, and working out smooth camera motions based on cinematic techniques
QJpoM TIL that the user agreement of a popular Japanese robot includes: the owner must not perform any sexual act on the robot, and the robot may not be used to harm humans or to send out spam emails. The company has also said that tampering with the robot to give it a sexier voice would be frowned upon
JY9R4 TIL that men receive 63% longer jail sentences on average than women do and women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted for the same crime.
oRWPR TIL Ernest Hemingway sold the book "To Have and Have Not" rights to the Hughes Tool Company,Howard Hawks bought the book rights,then sold them to Warner Bros.Hawks made ten times more money selling the rights than Hemingway did.After hearing it,Hemingway refused to speak to Hawks for "three months".
Br0lb TIL about Ed Reeves, a US marine who survived the Korean War despite having shrapnel in his legs, being shot in the head, and getting beaten with rifle butts by the enemy soldiers. Despite all of this, he was able to crawl out onto the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where he was rescued.