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TIL that pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion and any mass transport requires strict precautions.

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L7op TIL of the Sentinelese tribe. They survived a tsunami in 04, lack the knowledge to make fire and are regarded as still in the stone age.
oRdEY TIL One "horsepower" is the amount of power a horse can generate on average over an entire day and a 1 horse can actually output upto 15 horsepower.
xV0Mg TIL Iran's Supreme Leader issued an order calling for the assassination of Salman Rushdie, a British writer accused of blaspheming Islam. While he was not killed, the Japanese translator of the book was murdered and two other translators survived murder attempts
4klN TIL that in Mandarin, “Cat” is pronounced “Mao” in a a high tone.
9pJm TIL Darwin proposed that nodding for “yes” and head-shaking for “no” is a common cross-cultural gesture because it has its roots in basic human instincts related to breast feeding