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TIL that in Japan, it's a popular tradition to celebrate Christmas by eating KFC

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rb1e TIL Liam Neeson once punched a pupil while training to be a teacher.
Wa5L TIL a failed 1970s natural gas operation in Turkmenistan was set alight to prevent the buildup of suffocating gasses in the area and it’s still burning 40 years later
VjM0 TIL singer Fergie became horribly addicted to Crystal Meth in the early 2000’s
nWrVo TIL that in the 1970s a person died due to gas in their colon exploded during colonoscopy with electrocautery. Colonic gas explosion is very rare these days, due to better bowel preparation (see the first citation for the fatal case study).
R5dbj TIL a pack of stray Chihuahuas terrorized Maryvale, AZ in 2014