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TIL Haystacks sometimes spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.

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wLJo TIL That the Saturday before Labor Day is International Bacon Day (thats tomorrow folks!)
MeJGA TIL: Rabies Disease produces Hydrophobia ("fear of water"), since the ability to transmit the virus would decrease significantly if the infected individual could swallow saliva and water. Thus, attempts to drink or even suggestion of drinking can cause painful spasms in the throat.
J1D0Q TIL that Native Americans hunted bison by forcing the herd to run off a cliff.
e5dg TIL During the Winter War Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov said the soviet planes over Finland were not bombers but humanitarian food drops. The Finns responded by naming their improvised explosives Molotov Cocktails, “A drink to go with the food.”
5VKlk TIL Croagh Patrick, a mountain in Co. Mayo is one of Ireland’s most significant pilgrimage sites, where over 100,000 people climb the mountain annually, particularly on Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July. The Archbishop of Tuam leads the climb each year.