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TIL When cotton comes into contact with super glue, it catches on fire

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loMV7 TIL of Ikkyū Sōjun, a Zen Masters and poet who was known for his eccentric lifestyle. He would visit brothels and drink alcohol, which were considered heretical acts. In folklore, one of his greatest pupils was a prostitute, and he preached all humans were equalm for they're all skeletons underneath
ZAnB TIL that evidence exists that OJ Simpson’s son was the one who actually killed his wife
d8rDj TIL the great grandson of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II became a knight. His family worked their way up the political ladder to become a duke. Today the Duke of Moctezuma is still a Spanish noble family with palaces and properties in Spain.
QNQnk TIL about Julius Schäffer who was the only mycologist of modern times known to have died from consuming poisonous mushrooms. To make things worse, the mushroom wasn't considered poisonous at the time and his wife was perfectly OK.
4nD6 TIL Charles Cros invented both a method of colour photography and the phonograph. While Cros submitted his ideas to the French Academy of Sciences first, he never managed to patent them first.