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69LmJ TIL Bananas glow blue under black lights.
69WAX TIL that in the 60s, the US dumped 120+ tons of VX Nerve Agent into the Florida and NY coasts. For reference, a single pinhead of VX is enough to kill a human.
grZ8A TIL that Ritalin, a drug used to treat ADHD, is named after Margarita, the wife of the chemist who first synthesized the active ingredient Methylphenidate in 1944. She tried it herself and was pleased to find that it improved her performance when she played tennis.