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TIL of the Peshtigo Fire a forest fire so hot it spawned fire tornadoes (fire whirls), and people that jumped in wells to escape the blaze were boiled alive.

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e0enE TIL in 1339, French soldiers mistook hare making noises as an English attack. William II, Count of Hainaut quickly knighted 14 squires for battle. However the English attack never came and, after the reason for that became clear, those knights became known as the Knights of the Hare
gQjA TIL burglars once broke into Dolph Lundgren’s home without knowing it was his, they fled after seeing a family picture and realized he lived there.
7rROX Today I learned of a phenomenon called Twin Films. Twin Films are films with the same, or very similar, plot produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. examples include, [Finding Nemo - Shark Tale], [Olympus has Fallen - White House down], [Churchill - Darkest Hour]
AN70x TIL Tomato leaves are actually edible. The common belief that their leaves are toxic is a myth.
EAE0 TIL that the Tollund Man, a 2000 year old corpse found in a Danish bog was so well preserved, those who found it mistook it for a murder victim and called the police.