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TIL That lightning comes in two kinds known as “positive” and “negative”. Positive is the more destructive of the two but is believed to make up only 5% of lighting strikes.

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Z90B TIL that a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if you have a photo of a baby in it. In a 2009 study, 88% of wallets with a baby photo were returned, followed by wallets with a photo of a puppy (53%), family (48%) and an old couple (28%). Only 15% of control wallets were returned.
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