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TIL frozen carrots can spark and catch fire in the microwave

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MeoEW TIL that the “glove gun” that showed up in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds was a real weapon manufactured by the US military.
YVnP TIL In 1937 psychic, Wolf Messing, predicted that Adolf Hitler would die if he ever threatened Russia, which angered Hitler and caused Messing to flee to Russia. He was then forced to prove himself for Stalin by convincing a bank teller to give him cash using only a blank piece of paper.
PXNL TIL Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits, 162 spoken, 38 written.
7rnaZ TIL that in WW1 The Salvation Army sent 'donut lassies' to soldiers on the front lines of France to make them donuts. They could fry up to 7 donuts at a time in a battle worn helmet. This is why we celebrate national donut day in June and another Nov 5th since it's close to Remembrance/Veterans Day.
DeVg TIL after refusing to log out of Halo 2 for more than three weeks after its scheduled end, the last person in Xbox Live on an original Xbox succumbed.