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TIL the solution that finally solved the BP Oil Spill was originally suggested by James Cameron

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LkBwd TIL in January 2013, a lorry carrying 27 tonnes of Brunost (Brown Goat Cheese) caught fire in a Norwegian tunnel. The high temperature from the combusting fats and sugars caused the blaze to last five days and resulted in severe damage to the tunnel.
oB96W TIL that Schwarzenegger faked interest in the movie "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" to trick Stallone into starring in it. Stallone later called the movie "maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen."
4J0g TIL that the last country to go to war with Vietnam was China, in 1979. The Sino-Vietnamese War lasted 3 weeks and 6 days, and Chinese suffered more than 60,000 casualties.
AY0B TIL that whoever is the President of France is also the co-ruler of the tiny European nation of Andorra. This makes Andorra the only country in the world to have one of its leaders chosen by people from another nation
kJ91B TIL Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheels) and Billy Connolly (famous British Comedian) had a band called The Humblebums