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TIL the CN Tower in Toronto gets hit by lightning strikes at least 75 times a year

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1amkO TIL that, in one apocryphal story of Voltaire's death at age 83, a Catholic priest counseled him to renounce Satan. He replied, "This is no time to make new enemies."
6PdZ TIL clockwise and counterclockwise were originally sunwise and widdershins before clocks were common
XV5D TIL that Oktoberfest beer is typically around 6% ABV, far stronger and sweeter than typical German lager. It’s easy to get dehydrated and many people pass out. These people are called Bierleichen (German for “Beer Corpses.“)
1gW7 TIL in 2007, 17-year old Nataline Sarkisyan Died after Cigna Health Insurance denied a life-saving procedure, despite doctors pleas that she receive treatment.
0dwbN TIL Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother’s Day, regretted it as the day grew more commercialized. She died broke from spending so much money on her fight to end the holiday.