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TIL A 30-ton shipment of explosive chemicals traveling from Wyoming to California by rail just up and disappeared. Kinda freaked me out.

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j6rn TIL in the early 90’s a naturist student at Berkley went to school naked everyday until the laws changed and he was thrown out.
JYoaV TIL that Henry Bessemer, the engineer largely credited with the invention of modern steel, also invented or contributed to embossed postage stamps, long sheets of plate glass, military weapons, and a method for extracting sugar from sugar cane. He eventually earned nearly 130 patents
m1wbY TIL the father of rocket science was a self-educated grade school math teacher
bDZ7 TIL in Denmark it’s illegal to burn the flags of foreign countries but legal to burn the Danish flag
oRNpK TIL the smallest house in Great Britain was once owned by a man called Robert Jones who rented it to a man called Robert Jones.