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TIL Men are over 4 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women

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nmJP TIL Food Network’s Alton Brown began his career in cinematography and film production. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the cinematographer for several music videos, including “The One I Love” by R.E.M.
69RW TIL Bill Gates wealth topped $100 billion for a brief period in 1999, but antitrust trials and tech stocks decline saw his fortune fall to just over $60 billion the following year.
XgaE TIL in 1978 a US Navy ship was attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. Nearly all of the cuts found on the ship contained remnants of sharp, curved claws found on suction cups of some squid tentacles. The claws were much larger than those of any squid that had been discovered at that time.
4XxNa TIL that Alice in Wonderland was banned in China in grounds that animals shouldnt speak.
9YYnr TIL of Vulcan Point in the Philippines: an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.