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TIL That 80% of Lightning Strike Victims are Male
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TIL In the 1800s moms were disguised as chairs and curtains so they could hold their children still during the exposure. These are now called the ‘hidden mother’ photos.
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TIL that “biweekly” means BOTH “twice a week” and “every two weeks”
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TIL when Republican senator, Jesse Helms submitted a 300 page packet to the Senate alleging Martin Luther King Jr. had ties to Communists in an effort to oppose establishing MLK Day, Democratic senator, Daniel Moyniham responded to the "packet of filth" by stomping on it in front of the Senate.
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TIL in 2007, North Korea accused Finland of human rights violations after tear gas was used on North Korean diplomats who refused to cooperate with Finnish customs officials on a train from Moscow to Helsinki.
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TIL that the national language of Nigeria is English