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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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V4dQ TIL a 2001 study found up to 70% of female high school students in Tokyo had been groped while riding the train
OGnj7 TIL that mitochondria likely exist in cells today because a more complex cell engulfed the smaller mitochondrion around 1.45 billion years ago. It’s been successful symbiosis ever since.
NXLy1 TIL that Princess Diana's grandmother counselled her granddaughter against her marriage to Charles, saying: "Darling, you must understand that their sense of humour and their lifestyle are different, and I don't think it will suit you."
e0NMk TIL Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice cream, once consuming 18 scoops in one sitting. His love for ice cream inspired him to implement a fully fledged dairy industry in Cuba and he even opened his own ice cream parlor.
0MR1 TIL that during the Manhattan Project, the emergency nuclear reactor shutdown (SCRAM) mechanism was simply a man with an axe.