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TIL wet hay can spontaneously combust causing barn fires

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gMad4 TIL before his death, Fidel Castro's last wish was to avoid being a "personality cult"; because of this, Cuba prohibits the use of Castro's name in the names of "institutions, parks, streets and other public places, as well as any honorary titles or medals."
PYLxV TIL: Actor Dick Van Dike didn't know his actual birthday until he was 18. His parents lied to him about his birth date to cover up the fact that he was conceived out of wedlock.
YpnkB TIL in 2011 Staples licensed the name "Dunder Mifflin" from NBC to sell their own paper products under that brand.
0dGbv TIL that certain patterns and correlations in eye-tracking data may reveal the user’s sex, age, ethnicity, personality traits, drug-consumption habits, emotions, fears, skills, interests, sexual preferences, and physical and mental health.
Y76Kd TIL Orville Wright's final flight was in a plane whose wingspan exceeded the length of his original flight.