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TIL hay bales that are too wet have a higher chance of spontaneously combusting, and “excessive moisture is the most common cause of hay fires.”

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X01QQ TIL Frank Sinatra didn’t actually sing on beat but instead he would sing “around the music”
ONDg TIL that the suicide rate in the US has risen to a 30-Year High, particularly for middle-waged citizens (45 to 64) with the rate rising 63% for women and 43% for men in that age group
jNd5E TIL that as of October 2017, Gallup polling found that only 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, only 24% identified as Republican, while 42% identified as Independent
R1Z4 TIL Some of the male background characters in in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ can be seen wearing skirts. This was explained as “a logical development, given the total equality of the sexes presumed to exist in the 24th century.”
KY6OQ TIL LCPL Thomas E. Creek, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action during the Vietnam war on February 13, 1969. While fighting, He was shot in the neck, Fell into a gully where others were taking cover, and rolled onto a grenade saving the lives of 5 of his fellow Marines.