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TIL that a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun

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OGlp4 TIL that the human body contains trace amounts of gold, approximately 0.2 milligrams in an average adult. Most of it is found in the blood and may contribute to joint health and electrical signal transmission.
4kxMa TIL Michael Jackson managed to film the music video of They Dont Care About Us despite the Brazilian government being against the idea because he had the protection of the cartels
7rKX TIL that there’s a muffin shop in San Francisco called Double or Muffin. You buy a muffin and then flip a coin. Get heads and you get another muffin for free. Tails and you just keep the muffin you bought. Double, or muffin.
gGnb TIL the North and South Poles have no official time zones. In the North, countries which have research stations follow their respective countries’ times. The South Pole has only one research station (US-owned), and they use New Zealand time because researchers fly in from Christchurch.
rRGk0 TIL that the first attempt to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand was a complete failure. The bomb bounced off the car, the assassin fled, swallowing a suicide pill then jumping into a nearby river. He could not even get that right, vomiting up the pill and landing in water that was barely ankle-deep.