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TIL that thunderstorms create antimatter

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D1ZLP TIL that The Beatles refused to play if the audience was segregated
x65Ng TIL about SubTropolis - A 55,000,000-square-foot artificial cave in Kansas City that is claimed to be the world's largest underground storage facility.
KZG4 TIL that Winston Churchill had a plan called “Operation Unthinkable” to invade the Soviet Union in a surprise attack immediately after the end of WWII. His plan was finally shot down when it was learned that the Soviet troops remaining outnumbered allied troops 3:1.
voL4 TIL 13.8% of cigarette smokers do not consider cigarette butts to be ‘litter’
6EXE7 TIL Bill Gates accidentally got into philanthropy after he and his wife accidentally came across extremely impoverished people while they were sight seeing. He now says philanthropy is the "best job in the world."