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TIL Kerosene is used to extinguish fire in a bale of cotton

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e0Nyg TIL The most popular song in the world is an Irish rebel tune: the Wolfe Tone’s version of “A Nation Once Again”, according to a dubious 2002 poll by the BBC
ya0J TIL that Shakespeare’s works take on a different meaning when performed with an era-appropriate accent instead of a modern one, often introducing rhymes or puns that don’t work in modern pronunciations.
ZpgVQ TIL while filming The Prisoner of Azkaban, Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuarón played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe. They placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned him next to a girl he was interested in, and set the farts off during a take that had taken a long time to get.
BobL TIL Romans used urine as mouthwash, they even paid high dollar to have large quantities shipped in from Portugal because they didn’t think their own pee was exotic enough.
OWy7 TIL During the WWII invasion of Normandy, a new Canadian tank gunner destroyed 3 tiger tanks with his first 5 shots in combat, including a famous German tank commander with over 130 kills. The Canadian tanker’s only prior experience was firing a half dozen tank rounds during training.