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TIL Plant life could not exist without lightning.

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VMVZQ TIL The GPS (Global Positioning System) is owned by the U.S. Government and is operated by the U.S. Space Force.
PD9V TIL that in 1911 a lone man emerged from the wilderness in California, the last member of his tribe and also “the last wild Indian”. With the help of university professors he was able to preserve parts of his language and culture.
jPgE TIL in east Africa albinos are persecuted because they are believed to have magical powers. They are frequently kidnapped and sold for cash to witch doctors who use them as ingredients in magical potions.
jN4JX TIL that the opening theme music of '2001: A Space Odyssey', the 1968 Kubrick film, is 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' (1896) by German composer Richard Strauss. I knew there was a lot of classical music in the film, but thought (for 50 years!) the main theme music was modern. Duh.
1aJbX TIL: The gun made popular by James Bond, the Walther PPK, is the same model that Hitler used to kill himself.