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TIL third-degree burns are not the worst burns; the scale goes up to 6

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Y7Oe7 TIL a steamboat missing for 132 years was discovered 45 feet under a field a half-mile away from the river it sank in. Among the 200 tons of cargo recovered from the boat were bottles of liquor, ketchup, preserved fruits for pies, and bright green sweet pickles which were still edible.
x6rM5 TIL astronomers have discovered a massive reservoir of water in the universe in vapor form that is equivalent to 140 trillion times the amount of water in the world's oceans.
XPM8 TIL there is a law named the “Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act” that bans Internet taxes in the US. It expired on November 1, 2014.
6EQ8w TIL Old Linde brand gas cylinders sometimes have a 'window' shape stamped on them. They were captured from Nazi Germany and the swastika symbol was re-stamped with a square, making the window
R7Jg9 TIL that in 2015, Oxford Dictionaries named the "Face with Tears of Joy" emoji (????) the Word of the Year.