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TIL House fires will flash over in 5 min today but 50 years ago it took 29 min. UL attributes the change to synthetic materials.

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7rM1r TIL that chariot racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles is the highest paid athlete of all-time with an amassed fortune of $15 billion.
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