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TIL that London’s famous “fog” is actually a form of air pollution, which killed 4,000 people during a two-week episode 1952.

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DQyg TIL that during WW2, American and Australian troops developed a hybrid version of their respective types of football. To make the game fair to both sides, players were awarded a mark after either a caught kick or a thrown pass. The game was known as Austus.
Wknoo TIL of Clifford Johnson who survived the Cocoanut Grove fire and became the most severely burned person to survive his injuries at his time while trying to save his date. 21 months later he would marry his nurse that treated him at the hospital and die in fiery car crash 15 years later.
mx1Zo TIL Hans Zimmer scored the Boss Baby
rRRaw Today I Learned that you can 'bury' someone's ashes at sea.
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