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TIL Chlorine triflouride is so flammable it can burn through a foot of concrete and set sand on fire beneath it before burning out!

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Br0Vx TIL Indiana was the last state to allow Coors to be sold owing to exclusive distributorship rules.
4knW5 TIL classic camera film and all photos printed on film aren't vegan.
awam0 TIL of chicken fried bacon; bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried. Introduced in Texas in the 90's, the dish's low nutritional value has been described as: "they've taken fat, they've double-coated it in fat, they've fried it in more fat, and then they've served it with a side order of fat."
d81gQ TIL a man in conservative Lubbock County Texas was allowed to wear a colander on his head for his driver's license because he convinced a clerk to recognize his belief in Pastafarianism and it was his "religious freedom".
6p9m TIL Missy the cow, worth $1.2 million, is considered to be the top milk producing cow and also won every beauty contest she entered. Missy’s owners previously pre-sold 25 embryos for $230,000.