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TIL - That using a cell phone at a gas station can cause a fire or explosion is a common urban legend, and has never happened anywhere in the world. Experts believe it to be impossible as no-one has been able to successfully create a fire or explosion by using a cell phone while fueling a car.

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e0564 TIL Charlize Theron has suffered many injuries such as dislocating her jaw due to a camel and laughing so hard at Borat that her neck locked up for 5 days
1dNO TIL In 1989, a bottle, also from Thomas Jefferson’s collection, was valued at an astronomical $500,000 by its owner, William Sokolin. When Sokolin took the wine with him to a Margaux dinner at the Four Season Hotel, a waiter knocked the bottle over, breaking it. Insurers paid out $225,000.
Exn7 TIL the ’@’ symbol is sometimes used in Spanish & Portuguese to replace ‘o’ or 'a’ to create gender-neutral spellings. e.g., instead of “Los niños, las niñas,” use “l@s niñ@s.”
NXYKN TIL about Trobriand cricket where the home team always wins the match inspite of the score.
78bpx TIL that the most popular YouTube video is Baby Shark with 15.6B views, resulting in the video receiving an estimated $37M+ in ad revenue. Thus making Baby Shark more successful than films such as Disaster Movie (2008) and Superman IV (1987).