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TIL that apparently, almost all coal mines are or have been on fire due to spontaneous combustion. The oldest coal fire (Australia) is 6000 years old.

1 upvotes • Tschensche

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TIL: that the “unemployment” rate often touted by news outlets and policy makers is just a big fat lie

1 upvotes • Big-Composer3978

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TIL - Losing a spouse makes men 70% more likely to die within a year (by comparison, women are only 27% more likely to die)

1 upvotes • PurloinedSentience

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Jeanne Calment: Died today at 122, 164 days; the longest confirmed human lifespan in history

1 upvotes • SlightWerewolf4428

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TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano in Northwest USA, near Seattle and Portland. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world

1 upvotes • rawesome99

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Today inn 1997, August 4th, Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days; the longest confirmed human lifespan

1 upvotes • SlightWerewolf4428

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TIL that grocery store apples were bread to be extra sweet, and that wild apples are bitter, small and acidic

1 upvotes • Big-Composer3978

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TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano you might fly around when traveling near Seattle and Portland USA. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world

1 upvotes • rawesome99

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TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano you might fly around when traveling near Seattle and Portland USA. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world

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TIL In the 1930s, British romance author Ida Cook and her sister Louise saved at least 29 Jews from the Nazis. Once Ida had to smuggle a large diamond brooch out of Germany. She simply pinned it to the front of her cheap sweater and it was assumed to be fake. They did this trick several more times.

1 upvotes • Ill_Definition8074

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL that apparently, almost all coal mines are or have been on fire due to spontaneous combustion. The oldest coal fire (Australia) is 6000 years old.	1	Tschensche
TIL: that the “unemployment” rate often touted by news outlets and policy makers is just a big fat lie	1	Big-Composer3978
TIL - Losing a spouse makes men 70% more likely to die within a year (by comparison, women are only 27% more likely to die)	1	PurloinedSentience
Jeanne Calment: Died today at 122, 164 days; the longest confirmed human lifespan in history	1	SlightWerewolf4428
TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano in Northwest USA, near Seattle and Portland. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world	1	rawesome99
Today inn 1997, August 4th, Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days; the longest confirmed human lifespan	1	SlightWerewolf4428
TIL that grocery store apples were bread to be extra sweet, and that wild apples are bitter, small and acidic	1	Big-Composer3978
TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano you might fly around when traveling near Seattle and Portland USA. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world	1	rawesome99
TIL Mount Rainier is an active volcano you might fly around when traveling near Seattle and Portland USA. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world	1	rawesome99
TIL In the 1930s, British romance author Ida Cook and her sister Louise saved at least 29 Jews from the Nazis. Once Ida had to smuggle a large diamond brooch out of Germany. She simply pinned it to the front of her cheap sweater and it was assumed to be fake. They did this trick several more times.	1	Ill_Definition8074