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TIL that potting soil can spontaneously combust!
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TIL that the vas deferens can regenerate (grow back) even if as much as five centimeters (two inches) of it have been surgically removed.
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TIL the Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy, appeared publicly as male for 49 years but once infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by posing as a woman. In 1777, d'Éon began dressing publicly as a woman and claimed to be female.
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TIL "All Quiet on the Western Front" was banned in Poland for being pro-German and in Germany for being anti-German.
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TIL during the Korean war, pilot James Risner chased a Russian MiG pilot back to his base in China and while flying between hangars and avoiding anti-aircraft fire, he shot it down into parked fighters.
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TIL that a Swedish supermarket chain have been airing a series of soap opera inspired commercials on national TV for 12 years. The story is about a group of people who work at a supermarket and the “show” consists of over 360 episodes.