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TIL fire in Sweden turns cans of rotten fish into exploding missiles

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rNMMM TIL: At lavish banquets in ancient Rome, perfumed doves—soaked in fragrant oils—were released so their wings would spread scent through the air. This luxurious practice was exclusive to the wealthiest elites as part of their ultra-opulent feasts.
E7Qo TIL that gingko trees are so hardy that six are known to have survived the atom bomb and are still growing in Hiroshima—they also smell like barf.
Z8KZo TIL When Japanese prime minister Keizō Obuchi was a young man and short on money, he travelled to thirty-eight countries, completely circumnavigating the globe and taking odd jobs as he went. These included being a dishwasher, an assistant aikido instructor and a TV camera crew assistant in Berlin
1671P TIL that Rolex is a Non-Profit Organization.
PY7Rw TIL that some bodies form a waxy substance on the skin called adipocere in the first few days after death.