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TIL in Iceland people use geysers to bake bread.

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EdY0 TIL that contrary to practically every cultural stereotype, most gay sex isn’t anal.
OGlY1 TIL Americans pronounce the word “interesting” with four syllables, unlike the three in my country
OOda TIL L. Ron Hubbard considered himself a nuclear physicist, even though his degree was from an unaccredited university. The one course in nuclear physics Hubbard took was in 1931, whose records indicate that he scored an F in the course. Hubbard dropped out of school shortly thereafter with a 2.28GPA
rm7w TIL that weapons made of iron existed before development of smelting. The source of iron was iron meteorite.
pY1Kb TIL that Charles Bukowski’s father was frequently abusive, both physically and mentally. He later told an interviewer that his father beat him with a razor strop three times a week from the ages of 6 to 11 years. He says that it helped his writing, as he came to understand undeserved pain.