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TIL commercial planes get hit by lightning 1-2 times a year

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PYyOG TIL that the cheesy 80s star Charo was actually one of the world’s best flamenco guitar players
NXV4P TIL that Rome has a centuries-old tradition of "talking statues" that provide an outlet for people to write anonymous satire and criticism of figures of power. After authorities tried to prevent people from leaving messages at the original statue, the number of talking statues increased.
1vY7 TIL the Buddha’s story appears in Christianity as the legend of St. Josaphat and in Islam as the legend of Budasaf.
QNdOE TIL that Lucifer by Franz von Stuck, A painting that depicts Lucifer The fallen angel once terrified ministers of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who made the sign of the cross upon first sight of the fallen archangel.
YaWx TIL in 1996, residents of Scunthrope, North Lincolnshire, England could not register for e-mail addresses because of web filtering restrictions on the substring “cunt” of the town’s name.