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TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.

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TIL: Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters ran away from home at the age of 14 and hitchhiked across the United States. He is currently a qualified diver, outdoor survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and cook.

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TIL: Fawns (baby deer) are frequently left alone for hours while their mothers seek for food. Sometimes well-meaning people 'kidnap' the fawn, assuming it has been abandoned, when it is actually only waiting for its mother.

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TIL, in 1995, convicted killer Daniel Luther Heiss found that the key depicted in his prisoners' information manual was the masterkey to the entire institution. Shane Baker, another convict and trained jeweller, recreated it and they both escaped.

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TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.	6334
TIL: Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters ran away from home at the age of 14 and hitchhiked across the United States. He is currently a qualified diver, outdoor survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and cook.	631
TIL: Fawns (baby deer) are frequently left alone for hours while their mothers seek for food. Sometimes well-meaning people 'kidnap' the fawn, assuming it has been abandoned, when it is actually only waiting for its mother.	33
TIL, in 1995, convicted killer Daniel Luther Heiss found that the key depicted in his prisoners' information manual was the masterkey to the entire institution. Shane Baker, another convict and trained jeweller, recreated it and they both escaped.	1