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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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16Qor TIL that Albert Camus was strongly supportive of the anarchist movement
e05Qn TIL the term "Playboy" was initially popularized by the life of Harry Kendall Thaw, a millionaire sociopath and mentally ill railroad heir who spent money lavishly to fund his obsessive partying, drug addiction, abusive behavior (including murder), and gratification of sexual appetites.
eAK6 TIL in 2002 in Alabama, two sisters were driving on the highway in opposite directions to visit each other. Their cars collided and they were both killed.
OB7g TIL the TV show Mad Men sparked a 10% increase in breast implant surgery in the UK
PlDe TIL there is a cognitive bias called the IKEA effect, in which people “place a disproportionally high value on products they partially created.”