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TIL that vinyl records are toxic

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v1pNx TIL of San Diego's 2012 July 4th celebration. A computer error caused all the fireworks to go off in a span of ~15 seconds instead of the 18 minutes it was meant to take
OGQDg TIL During WWII the US Navy would convert two coal powered paddle-wheel steamships into the USS Wolverine and USS Sable, the only freshwater carriers ever created. Used for training on Lake Michigan, over 17,000 Navy pilots were certified on these vessels over the course of the war.
awnYy TIL a Chinese man was almost cremated alive after being beaten by police and left for dead… the cremation process was stopped when a medical woker noticed he was still breathing. He was then taken to a hospital where he was beaten again by the police and arrested.
NAYM TIL that in 2008 Detroit police used SWAT tactics to raid a party at an art museum. Guns drawn, they forced everyone to the floor before searching every attendee and confiscating over 40 vehicles… all because the museum didn’t have the right alcohol permit.
LON9 TIL Warren Buffett, the 3rd richest man in the world, still lives in the $31,500 house he bought in 1957.