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TIL there is an area that has 10 hour lightning storms up to 260 days per year. The storms are so bright sailors use them for navigation.

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MeYRB TIL that the saying, “Happy as a Clam” is short for Happy as a Calm at High Tide, since they have no predators that attack during high tide and can roam around freely
pJDA TIL that a 1997 poll found that Americans thought NASA represented approximately 20% of the federal budget. In reality, NASA represented 0.9% of the federal budget. The record high level for NASA funding was 4.4%.
9YxLm [TIL] Thebes had a special forces military unit comprised entirely of Homosexual Couples. The belief was that couples on the battlefield would fight their hardest to protect their lovers and not flee for fear of looking weak in front of their significant others.
5gV9 TIL that females may be attracted towards promiscuous males because that would increase her sons’ future breeding successes, a phenomenon known as the Sexy Son Hypothesis.
5YPBQ TIL that in Finland people use the internet on their mobile phones ten times more than the OECD average because of the unlimited network access