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9nG7 TIL: Forest fires can create lightning
E1JZw TIL when Tower 42 in the City of London was proposed, people objected to its height. The architect favored a single tower design, but to quell objections to height he presented a two tower alternative. After seeing the stubby towers, everyone agreed to go along with the taller single tower.
xv1w TIL the flavour “Blackcurrant” is largely unknown to people in The United States, due to a ban on the berry in the early 1900s.
R7aa8 TIL that the United States Postmaster General is the second-highest paid U.S. government official (267,840 USD), based on publicly available salary information, after the President of the United States.
N6gE TIL in 1950 Milton Berle risked his newfound TV stardom at its zenith to challenge Texaco when the sponsor tried to prevent black performers from appearing on his show.