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TIL that ‘spontaneous human combustion’ has been recorded to have happened several times in history.

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p18G TIL The US President must pay for their own meals. Most experience sticker shock & complain.
kwx4 TIL in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the 4 martial art styles that represent the 4 nations are very good representations of real Chinese fighting. They used Ba Gua for Airbending, Tai Chi for Waterbending, Hung Gar for Earthbending and Northern Shaolin for firebending
b5K7 TIL there is a version of Pepsi available in Japan with 5 times the carbonation of regular Pepsi.
b6o8a TIL It took 20,000 hours of underwater repairs but the United States managed to refloat a majority of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Recovered ships including the USS West Virginia, USS California, USS Tennessee, USS Maryland, and USS Pennsylvania all fought in the Philippines.
lQDB TIL: The Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice is a public monument in Postman’s Park in the City of London, commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten