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TIL Most life on Earth used to be purple instead of green

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MeNja TIL Peter McCathie survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he’s won the lottery — both events combined come to about a 1 in 2.6 trillion chance.
mER TiL The discus throw is the only track and field event where a women has a higher record then a man.
J1pWV TIL that windmills used to be used to mill grain. From the US and only think of wind turbines and energy.
kYj5 TIL because of a translation error years ago, women buy men chocolate in Japan on Valentines Day…a practice that persists until today
JYMPv TIL of all movies to gross a Billion Dollars (not adjusted for inflation) the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score is TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION at 15%; the next lowest is 32%