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TIL Earth is the only known planet where fire can burn. No other planet has enough oxygen.

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KY1rB TIL that Buddy (the canine star of “Air Bud”) died of cancer the year after the film came out. Before he died, his owner froze eleven vials of Buddy’s semen. Several vials are still stored at the International Canine Semen Bank.
e0OLk TIL the Medal of Honor recipient and commander of the "Lost Battalion" in WW1, Charles W. Whittlesey, is thought to have committed suicide several years after the war.
rNL4 TIL A butler, trained at one of a small number of specialized butlering schools, can expect to earn a starting salary of $50,000-60,000 per year upon graduation.
WNk4 TIL that the term ‘gargoyle’ only refers to carved stone figures in Gothic architecture that function as water spouts. Any other figure is considered a 'grotesque’.
gM91A TIL in 2010 famous comedy venue The Laugh Factory hired an in-house psychologist for the club's comedians who has maintained an office upstairs ever since. This was partly in response to many recent comedian suicides.