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TIL man made objects are occasionally found in solid chunks of coal

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awJEM TIL that fireworks are totally illegal in Florida, but are sold to ordinary people in huge quantities via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they're for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops.
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77MM TIL At top speed the Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26 gallon tank in 12 minutes
160BW TIL The church would dismember and post its saints limbs around Great Britain
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