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TIL hay bales can spontaneously combust if their moisture content exceeds 22%

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xVPm0 Seven out of ten prescriptions written today are for items unknown to medicine before World War II.
E1rpV TIL about Project 100,000. A controversial Vietnam War era program by the US DoD to draft 100,000 low-IQ men a year for the Vietnam War. Dubbed, “Macnamara’s Morons” more than 5,000 were killed in the war, 3x the rate when compared to other soldiers.
9npD TIL the French word for ‘walkie-talkie’ is 'talkie-walkie’.
Y1rW TIL, it is expected that oil will reach its economic limit within the average lifespan of the millennial generation.
ORdR TIL that many restaurant food poisonings occur due to uncleaned ice machines, not actual food