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TIL that lodestones (natural magnetic stones) are very probably made when a lightning strikes ferrite stones ; a scientist proved it by sending a small rocket containing this type of stone into a storm cloud and the stone returned magnetic

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DWmJ TIL there is a man who has been walking around the world since 1998. He is currently in Russia.
6EJwY TIL that the first non-stop UK to Canada flights were RAF Canberras carrying BBC recordings of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, so that Canadians were able to watch it the same day it happened.
VBJ0k TIL of Walter Chandoha who photographed more than 90,000 cats in his lifetime, nicknamed "the one cat photographer to rule them all."
kAde TIL that it is illegal for a check to be written for less than $1
1aBQ7 TIL two surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze started the 4ocean movement and now has 27 operations around the world and has collected 4 million pounds of trash since 2017.