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TIL that skin creams have contributed to 37 fatal self-incinerations between 2010 and 2017 in England

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7NML TIL a man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket — and used it to eat a year’s worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi’an International Airport.
XymR TIL that in 1982 a scientist discovered an ‘impossible’ structure of matter and was universally mocked by the scientific community. In 2011, Dr. Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
0wVlN TIL [technically yesterday] There's a Valentine's Day for Single People in South Korea called "Black Day" on april 14. were singles rejoice in their singledom, most often celebrated by wearing black and eating a special noodle dish called jajangmyeon whit friends and family.
8amkV TIL that in 1972 Larry Hagman made a sequel to "The Blob" and in 1982 the movie was re-issued with the tagline "The film that J.R. shot!".
K179 TIL that the “laugh tracks” heard in American sitcoms from the late 50s to the early 70s were mostly recorded and edited by one company: Northridge Electronics, owned by sound engineer Charley Douglass and his family.