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TIL Some metals are so reactive that they explode on contact with water

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dLn8 TIL that when conjoined twin Daisy Hilton died, her sister Violet remained alive and attached to her for several days before they were both found dead.
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NeKJ TIL The largest bell in the world (Tsar Bell, over 200,000kg) has never been rung.
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