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TIL Paul McCartney spent time in jail for setting a condom on fire

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rR97x TIL In 1943, a new volcano started growing in Hokkaido, Japan. The Imperial Japanese government censored the news because it considered this a bad wartime omen. Therefore, all we know about this volcano's development comes from the records local postmaster Masao Mimatsu made on his own volition.
07J1 TIL In 2004, a hacker from Germany revealed Half Life 2’s source code andValve tried to arrest him by getting him to come to the states for a fake interview.
KOdD6 TIL a 2014 paper showed that the game 'The Floor is Lava' would not be playable with actual lava, as the air above the lava would have a temperature too high for humans to survive for more than a few seconds.
VBGw8 TIL that during the 19th Century, "&" was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet. The alphabet ended with "X, Y, Z, and per se and", but this became slurred over time until it just became "ampersand".
Meaka TIL: Min horses are used as blind guides. They have a very wide range of vision, with a range of nearly 350 degrees. Horses are the only guide animals capable of independent eye movement and they can track potential danger with each eye. Horses can see clearly in almost total darkness.