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TIL the “New York, New York” song sung by Frank Sinatra was actually a cover song! The original was released by Liza Minnelli in 1977

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DK5e TIL that there are ghostly red lightning strikes 20 miles tall above thunderstorms called sprites. Long rumored, finally captured on video.
DQeyP TIL Daylight saving time was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealand postal worker and amateur entomologist. Hudson thought that the extra daylight during the warmer months would give him more time to hunt insects after work
KO5YB TIL about "Mitochondrial Eve", the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line through their mothers. Estimates for her age are highly uncertain, with a range of times from 180,000 to 580,000 years ago.
OGQre TIL Ford actually didn't invent the first combustion engine car. Benz Patent-Motorwagen did in 1886 almost 30 years before Ford releases the Model T.
KA8Q TIL a 14 year old with cancer installed an ICEE machine at her hospital to help other children battling cancer off-set the side effects of cancer. Her parents are continuing her legacy and have raised enough money to install 13 machines this far!