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TIL that potting soil can spontaneously combust!

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XOyP TIL that One-third of the world’s smokers are Chinese, amounting to a smoking population greater than the entire population of the United States.
YyB TIL Tom Arnold’s sister used to be the biggest drug dealer in the United States. Called the “Meth Queen”
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