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TIL Lance Armstrong is an atheist. He says, "If there was a God, I’d still have both nuts."

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rpvW TIL that the alternative history novel “The Man in the High Castle” features a “novel within a novel”. While the actual book is about Nazis winning WWII, the in-book novel is about an alternate universe in which the Nazis lose the war.
nJ1b TIL that The Great Lakes are 21% of the worlds fresh water supply and that Ontario Power Generation is planning to bury radioactive nuclear waste one mile away.
Bg7kL TIL that the lightning we see is caused by the electricity heating the air to 30,000°C (54,000°F) and turning it into plasma briefly. The sound of thunder is also caused by the transformation of air to plasma, which makes the air expand incredibly quickly.
b9Pe7 TIL Of Sputnik Monroe A Pro Wrestler Who Was A Major Factor In Ending Seregation In Tennessee. He Was Often Arrested For Anti Seregation Actions And Would Hire Black Attorneys To Defend Him, Earning Him Lots Of Black Fans.
oBM5E TIL U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent American combat troops to Russia during the Russian Revolution to protect arms meant for the newly-collapsed Eastern Front, as well as to rescue 56,000 Czech soldiers allied with the Triple Entente who became stranded along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.