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TIL about Linseed Oil on rags causing Spontaneous Combustion

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d8eMj TIL Rome has been nicknamed the Cocaine Capital of the World with €1,23 billion worth of cocaine seized in 3 police operations but it was all kept on the low key to protect the image of the eternal city.
VBwwG TIL, A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.
4XnZg TIL pistol shrimp produce a snapping sound that is so loud, US submarines would hover above colonies of them because the sound kept them from being detected by Japanese sonar.
R7Gyl TIL That excessive caffeine ingestion leads to symptoms that overlap with those of many psychiatric disorders. In psychiatric in-patients, caffeine has been found to increase anxiety, hostility and psychotic symptoms.
NXXLQ TIL John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) is an unofficial sequel to Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974) after Clark told Carpenter his idea for a sequel was the killer to escape from a mental institution on Halloween