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TIL that standing underneath a tree during a storm is the second leading cause of lightning strike deaths

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9w767 TIL the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.
nRmP TIL Steve Jobs could have avoided a premature death from cancer by having it properly treated, he refused it for 9 months, believing an alternative-medicine diet would be better. It was one of Steve Jobs’ most notable regrets.
7rr77 TIL NRA Board Member Ted Nugent sang a song about how he likes to have sex with 13 year old girls. He's never apologized for the song and is still a board member.
R5rv9 Today I learned that Cardi B's real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus
Ay8n TIL it is “required” by the FDIC for financial institution employees to take two weeks consecutive vacation every year to help uncover cases of fraud. The logic being that someone else must do your work for 2 weeks and said employee will be unable to cover up their work for that length of time.