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TIL if you microwave a sliced grape, it can explode in a fireball of super-heated plasma.

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N5w6 TIL in 1997 an artist named Howard Hallis started drawing a literal ‘Picture of Everything’, it took 13 years to complete, stands at 15 x 14 feet and apparently the only thing it doesn’t feature is Hitler, and he wanted to sell it for $250,000.
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