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TIL The flame of a lighter is actually hollow and lighter flames can reach 3,500 degrees.

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WDj8 TIL Dr. Seuss, caught up in anti-Japanese propaganda, made several racist/xenophobic political cartoons. After later visiting Japan and meeting with victims of atomic bombs, he changed his heart and wrote “Horton Hears a Who” and dedicated to his new Japanese friend.
JYALB TIL The Vietnam government executes corporate executives convicted of financial crimes or corporate malfeasance.
oBepR TIL The record high temperature in Alaska is the same as the record high temperature in Hawaii
a8v9 TIL that the word “Emperor” in over 30 different languages all stem from Julius Caeser.
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