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TIL that the shop made crepes in Leclercs supermarkets are only cooked on one side!

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0d8rp TIL about Catatumbo "House of Thunder" lightning. Where 140 to 160 night's a year, 9 hours per day, 16 to 40 lightning flashes per minute occurs.
0wdwj TIL In the skies over Germany in WWII, a badly damaged American B-17 was escorted out of enemy airspace by a German fighter ace who could've easily shot them down. Years later after the war, Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler reunited and became lifelong friends.
7OOp TIL that there is little proof that antioxidants are actually healthy [Harvard School of Public Health].
GAlRQ TIL the light we see from The Sun is technically more than 8 minutes old. Technically, because some stars are so far away and light only travels so fast, we are seeing light that is millions/billions of years old.
dDR6Q TIL mushroom clouds can be caused by any powerful explosion, not just nuclear, and there are depictions of them in art since the 1700's