Every second about 100 lightning bolts hit the ground somewhere on Earth. Right now, there are about 1,800 thunderstorms in progress.

According to Tim O’Neill on Quora.com, for almost all of the Middle Ages – c. 500 to 1500 AD – the official Church position on so-called witches was that they didn’t exist.

Neurologists believe that Hitler and Mao Zedong had Parkinson’s.

Picasso once observed that one could cover anything with fur, and soon afterward, Swiss surrealist artist Méret Oppenheim produced a teacup, saucer, and spoon covered with the creamy tan fur of a Chinese gazelle.

The moon is moving an inch and a half away from Earth each year.

This article appears in April 24 • 2015.

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