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TIL giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.

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nWWnB TIL that in 2010, the LOLCat Bible Translation Project successfully translated the entire Bible into LOLspeak
78LkX TIL that in WW2, "unrestricted submarine warfare" - the sinking of merchant ships by submarines without warning - was ordered in response to allied aircraft illegally bombing a Nazi submarine under Red Cross banner openly attempting to rescue survivors of the RMS Laconia.
kbom TIL that a father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time
Z8QV4 TIL that Japanese Honeybees have adapted to kill Murder Hornets by vibrating together in a ball around the hornet and using their combined body heat to cook it alive
Rwb4 TIL Winston Churchill taught his parrot to say ‘Fuck Hitler’ and 'Fuck the Nazis’