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TIL approximately 10 percent of the internet is kept secure using a wall full of lava lamps

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M7Vvm TIL in 2007, Michael Jackson bought out Eminem’s back catalogue music for $370 million after Eminem made a parody of Jackson in the song “Just Lose It”
Bg7kL TIL that the lightning we see is caused by the electricity heating the air to 30,000°C (54,000°F) and turning it into plasma briefly. The sound of thunder is also caused by the transformation of air to plasma, which makes the air expand incredibly quickly.
J1pMV TIL the first botanical garden in the U.S. was established in New York City in 1801. By the late 1800’s the garden was abandoned, and in the 1920’s it became the site of Rockefeller Center.
W71Bd TIL: Some cities have real estate laws that legally require home owners to disclose if their house is haunted to any potential buyers.
0wA9v TIL Aristotle believed the universe had existed forever. Something eternal is more perfect than something created. He suggested the reason we see progress was that floods, or other natural disasters, had repeatedly set civilization back to the beginning