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TIL Lightning is essential for life on Earth because it creates Nitrates that fertilize plants.

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8a8a TIL that Samsung made the chips for Apple’s iPod Touch for its first 3 generations
Gg8E TIL Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to make meth by the DEA in preparation for his role in Breaking Bad
eZO5 TIL that there is a cure for Hepatitis C that costs $1,125 per pill.
neg0W TIL that actor, director, and producer Orson Welles refused admission into Harvard at age 16 so he could travel. When he landed in Dublin he convinced everyone that he was a famous Broadway star and began producing plays. When he grew bored of the farce, he went to North Africa to draw pictures.
N79VJ TIL that the Humane Slaughter Act, a United States federal law supposedly designed to reduce animal suffering during slaughter, does not mention chickens at all and poultry plants are exempt from following it.