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TIL that Hulk is basically indestructible and stacked with superpowers such as breathing underwater, surviving in space, resistant to solar temperatures, and extreme regenerability.

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M7b47 TIL that the authors for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” had never been to a ball game before putting together their now-famous song
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78OkL TIL Candlewicks are asymmetrical braiding. When it burns it curls on that side. Before that invention you had to trim the wick every few hours as your candle would smoke.
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