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TIL that liquid oxygen, once absorbed into organic materials like wood, can cause them to detonate when struck with mechanical force.

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9YJ1p TIL that Joko Widodo, the current President of Indonesia, likes hard rock music a lot - he once had a bass guitar that was signed by Robert Trujillo, was given a signed copy of "Master of Puppets" by a former Danish President, and went to a rock festival in 2013 while he was Governor of Jakarta.
wR6J TIL that Nestlé promoted breast milk subsitutes in developing countries which lead to the death of infants
G6xj TIL Jackie Chan studied at the Peking Opera School and has released over 20 successful albums in China.
R57l4 TIL people spend over $336 BILLION on lotteries every year
awAmb TIL tea was so important to wartime Britain, that in 1942 the government attempted to purchase all the tea in the world