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TIL the longest lighting strike on record was 400 miles (700km) long, stretching from the Atlantic coast of Brazil into Argentina

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jeQp TIL the word “Armageddon” comes from the Hebrew “Har Megiddo” meaning “Mount of Megiddo” and referring to the place where the Book of Revelation claims the end of the world will begin.
BgJoK TIL that portobello mushrooms and white button mushrooms are the same mushroom, just at different stages of growth. Same with crimini (the brown ones).
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