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TIL: That in a certain type of flame cutting, Oxyfuel, you are essentially just rusting through the metal EXTREMELY quickly

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dDYnQ TIL 68 podiums (45 Olympic, 23 Paralympic) were created in 23 different (to accommodate individual, pair and various team configurations) for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The podiums range from 4m wide (individual events) to 40m wide (football)
Obrg TIL that in 1346 during the siege of Kafa, Mongol forces used plague victims as biological weapons, by flinging the infected corpses over castle walls with catapults. It worked.
NEoe TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.
e04B6 TIL Two metal detectorists who thought they'd found a stash of Roman gold coins they estimated to be worth £250,000 discovered the coins were actually a worthless prop for TV show The Detectorists.
wJy7 TIL In the late 1970’s McDonald’s had to redesign its coffee spoons because they were deemed “drug paraphernalia,” with cocaine users and dealers commonly using the “McSpoon” to dole out specific measurements.