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TIL Cadbury Flake chocolate doesn't melt even if placed in a microwave

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QReX Today I learned that Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F.Scott Fitzgerald) died in a more than horrific way, waiting for electroshock treatment in a sanatorium’s locked room when a kitchen fire in the building spread there and ended her life.
OoOwY TIL that “sea serpent” myths likely originated from Oarfish. This sometimes 50 foot long fish is known to surface with its head and “crown” out of the water, seemingly searching for something. They usually die after surfacing, however.
l1o1 TIL that Jim Carrey has only starred in ONE sequel to one of his own movies. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.
9wJa6 TIL a 12 year old boy was killed in north Carolina from a world war II era grenade two days before Christmas in 2020
KOAM9 TIL that in 1968, four submarines sank mysteriously. An Israeli sub disappeared in January - four days later, a French sub went missing and was never seen again. In March a Soviet sub exploded and sank, and in May a US sub also exploded and sank - both causes remain officially unknown.