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

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Lk0g9 TIL that archeologists have found several iron tools, weapons and cultural objects dating thousands of years before the advent of the Iron age. These objects were held in high regard for their qualities and were made by cold forging iron obtained by fallen meteors.
EgkW0 TIL internet meme stars from the 2000s (Numa Numa, Hide Yo Wife, Leeroy Jenkins, and more) met and created a trailer for a film called "The Chronicles of Rick Roll" (2016).
d5M7 TIL that, with some anxious thoughts, you can “bore yourself calm” by repeating them in front of a mirror until they lose power.
EGDX TIL that in Hannibal the novel, Clarice and Dr. Lecter escape together and become lovers in Argentina. (And Hopkins liked the ending better)
Ee8P TIL at the time of 101 Dalmations’ production there was talk about closing Disney’s animation department because of the wildly expensive an under-performing Sleeping Beauty. The production of Dalmations was cut in half because of a modified Xerox machine.