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TIL about Linseed Oil on rags causing Spontaneous Combustion

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6ExdX TIL Oranienburg is considered "the most dangerous city in Germany." Not because of crime, but because of the hundreds of unexploded bombs and other ordinance from WWII. As of 2017, there's an estimated 350-400 bombs still buried in the city.
e0bwb TIL the majority of Egyptian hieroglyphs represent sounds, not objects/ideas. In English, this would be like using pictures of a pear, ant, and hood to write "parenthood."
JJLj TIL A man named Barry Landau posed as a presidential historian for years, befriending multiple presidents including Clinton, before it was discovered he was a thief who’d been stuffing his custom-made jackets with priceless documents the entire time
78YE7 TIL that behind Mosquitoes and Snakes, Dogs kill the most humans per year.
DDgp TIL you could get fined $2500 PER EGG for importing Kinder Eggs to the US