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TIL around 100 firefighters are convicted of arson in the US every year

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mnEo TIL there is a tree whose fruit smells and tastes like peanut butter.
Me7aA TIL that when you lose 10 kg of fat, 8.4 kg is exhaled as CO2 and 1.6 kg is excreted as water. Most of the weight you lose exits your body through your lungs.
epvm5 TIL Perry Martin & his cat Thomas Jr. (T2 for short) became separated after Hurricane Jeanne struck in 2004. Martin assumed T2 had been killed on a nearby highway, however in 2018 they were reunited after T2 was brought to a veterinarian, who found T2's microchip which led to Martin being contacted.
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