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TIL the air lightning passes through after striking can be hotter than the surface of the sun

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7jrX TIL Fox ran a contest for fans to guess Who Shot Mr. Burns and win a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be animated in the show. The ‘winner’ actually got the answer wrong, didn’t watch the Simpsons and took cash instead of being animated.
JYyok TIL that plants like Yuccas can't reproduce without the help of yucca moths and that yucca moths can't reproduce without yuccas, and this represents one of the most specific pollination mutualisms on the planet.
BrvvW TIL the Pentagon was built in less than a year and a half and was only supposed to be temporary
VBjNm TIL that most countries did not officially end their "state of war" with Germany until 1950 or 1951.
ADGN4 TIL that when Julius Ceasar was 25 he was captured by pirates in the Aegean Sea, the pirates demanded 20 silver talents as ransom not knowing who they captured. Ceasar insisted they demand 50 instead. When the ransom of 50 talents was, paid Ceasar assembled a fleet and crucified all of the pirates