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TIL The Statue of Liberty, being made of copper, gets struck by lightning ~600x a year. The amount of electricity it sustains is equal to 8,332kWh.

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yBnV TIL, Pakistan contributes the highest number of troops to UN Peacekeeping.
ypL8 TIL The Amazing Randi (James Randi), while debunking a psychic who bent silverware, was accused of being a fraud. Twice he was accused of using actual psychic powers to pretend he was just a magician.
QYjE TIL of Johnie’s Coffee Shop in L.A., which closed in 2000 but remains open for filming only; The Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs and American History X have all featured the diner. It was declared a historical landmark in 2013.
OoBDe TIL in 2011, an Indiana woman was charged with feticide after a failed suicide attempt led to a miscarriage.
WkmeN TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging technology installed by the KGB into the IBM Selectric typewriters used in the US Embassy in Moscow, enabling the Soviets to steal US secrets for eight years.