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TIL we live closer to the rule of Cleopatra than Cleopatra lived to the building of the pyramids of Giza.

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ZQpD TIL that lightning can cause red, jellyfish-shaped flashes as big as 48 by 48 km to appear above thunderclouds. These are called sprites (air spirits), after their elusiveness, and are actually clusters of balls of plasma.
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