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TIL frozen carrots can spark and catch fire in the microwave

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kOg85 TIL that the company formed by the Beatles to handle their wealth was mismanaged by them and exploited by their employees who purchased drugs and alcohol, lunched at expensive restaurants, and made regularly international calls, and lent money to people never to be seen again.
Zp8KG TIL The Iron Crown is not made of iron. The crown contains a band that was believed to be made of a nail from the True Cross which miraculously did not rust, it was actually made of silver.
Ove1 TIL that the SriLankan Airlines president sacked the CEO after he refused to move business class passengers to economy to give their seats to the airline’s president’s family. He appointed his brother-in-law instead, who lacked experience. In 7 years the airline accumulated US$875 million in losses
69WXW TIL Australia’s ‘worst female serial killer’ was exonerated; her 4 kids died from a very rare genetic mutation.
Brk1r TIL Child prodigy Edmund Thomas Clint died at age 6 but still drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life.