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TIL Pouring super-glue onto cotton or wool can start a fire.

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6ngw TIL during the 1936 Olympics, Liechtenstein and Haiti realized their national flags were identical. A gold crown was added to Liechtenstein’s as a result.
X0wK6 TIL who else is in the LPGA Hall of Fame alongside New Zealand's Lydia Ko.
ADEGn TIL that there is a species of ant that essentially use kamikaze tactics to protect their nest. When attacked, one or more workers will attach themselves to the attacker and explode their abdomen, thus releasing a toxic goo all over the attacker. These ants are aptly named Colobopsis Explodens.
5Dj9 TIL that in 2009 two nuclear submarines (French and British) collided into one another in the Atlantic… because they couldn’t detect one another.
QJDkM Today I learned that the average giant Pacific octopus is around 30 pounds with an arm span of around 4 meters. But there have been specimens found that are from 100 to an unbelievable 600 pounds that was 30 feet across.