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TIL Metals usually do not burn, as they conduct heat away from hot spots very effectively. However, metal fires are uniquely hazardous because water and other common firefighting materials make them worse.

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8av48 TIL of "chicken shit bingo", a weekly event at the Little Longhorn Saloon in Austin Texas. Participants purchase a ticket which corresponds to a random number on the table. If the chicken poops on your number you win a cash prize.
167XX TIL Horses in herds will often have a “guard horse” stand watch while others lay down to sleep
4X1Z5 TIL to prove that lotteries are a waste of money to her husband, a woman bought a lottery ticket only to end up actually winning $1 million dollars
vvPK TIL that several people have successfully used the “Matrix defense” in court, claiming that they are part of a computer simulation, and a conspiracy against them caused them to commit their crimes.
p8YBb TIL the Supreme Court ruling of "Oliphant v Suquamish" states that non-Native Americans who commit crimes on tribal land cannot be arrested by NatAme law enforcement. Who gets to make the arrest depends on the ethnicity of the criminal or the victim. This resulted in many crimes going unpunished.