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TIL the world's longest burning fire is 6000 years old

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LkY5V TIL I learned that after the first few feet it's dangerous to fly vertically in a helicopter
rRwXM TIL That to help combat iron deficiency(a worldwide nutritional problem), “lucky iron fish” - iron lumps molded into the shape fish are made to be added to cooking pots in Cambodia.
e0A94 TIL President Jimmy Carter left nuclear codes in the pocket of his suit jacket, and sent it to the dry cleaners. They threw it in the bin.
R5L6Q TIL bobcats can breed with lynxes to produce blynxes
xVVxw A person with normal clotting ability would have to lose nearly 40 percent of his blood immediately to die of blood loss.