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TIL At any given time there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms taking place globally.

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LB1P TIL Creed put on such a bad show in 2002 at Allstate Arena that a $2,000,000 class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all the fans in atendance
EPJd TIL that Brad Pitt’s character in Inglourious Basterds has a rope burn scar around his neck. Tarantino specified in his screenplay that it was never to be mentioned. Image in comments.
Z1Jp TIL most Beagles are born with a white tipped tail. That was a trait selected by breeders to make them easier to identify among tall grass and dense vegetation while hunting.
xVrR5 TIL that APA Hotel group, one of Japan's substantial hotel chains, have its own CEO author a historical revitionistic book that denies the Nanking Massacre, and having said book be available on every single room in their hotels.
VB69p TIL cells contain a protein machine, called the proteasome, which takes misfolded proteins that can't be refolded and breaks them into smaller subunits. It is part of a system called the ubiquitin–proteasome, where ubiquitins detects the misfolded proteins and sends them to the proteasome.