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

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mx99v TIL there is a proposal by the Berlin state sport association for a joint Berlin-Tel Aviv summer Olympics in 2036, 100 years after the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany.
W7v7Y TIL Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed Kazakhstan's new capital city of Astana with enormous pavilion space, hotels, and art venues. Even though the city has glitzy architecture and skyscrapers, the average resident only makes $450 a month
mxrKo TIL That the RMS in the name RMS Titanic stands for Royal Mail Ship
mpGM TIL Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug up gold to build ant hills. For centuries, people assumed it was made up. In the 1990s, scientist discovered a fuzzy marmot living in India that digs up gold whenever it burrows.
x6KJ5 TIL that the the world's largest desert is not the Sahara; it's actually Antarctica, as deserts are defined by their low precipitation, not just sand dunes.