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

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kJb6g TIL about the Iron Scow, a barge that broke loose in 1918 and nearly went over Niagara Falls with its crew still onboard.
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6E6mY TIL of Cassius M. Clay, a politician and rabid abolitionist. He was once shot during a debate, and chased down his assassin, stabbing him & throwing him off an embankment. He later fended off 6 men, even though they had guns and he only had a bowie knife. He was a candidate to be Lincoln's VP.
VMrbm TIL about a village in India, in which people decided to live without street lights for over a month, not wanting to disturb the nest a Robin had built in the switch board. They will turn on the lights, once the birds leave the nest.
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