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

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JYyDQ TIL about Louis Cyr, a French Canadian considered one of the strongest men in history. Some of his feats include a back lift of 4,337 pounds, the heaviest confirmed lift of any kind in history.
ROx6 TIL Shakuntala Devi aka “the Human Computer” was able to Multiply 2 13 digit #s, picked at random. She answered correctly, 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 in 28 seconds