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TIL that despite there being a number of empirically based theories, we still aren't completely certain of the origin of Earth's water.

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x8Ro TIL in New Zealand, you can legally own any firearm you want with a few exceptions and their number of gun deaths have been below 100/year since 1992.
Od1e TIL that the medically approved way to test for a pinworm infection is called ‘scotch tape test’: where you tape the patient’s asshole and remove it to check for eggs.
yknV TIL too much exposure to Silver (Ag) will turn your skin permanently blue
mxPOP TIL the first Nobel Prize was awarded to Henry Dunant for founding the Red Cross
Mmr8 TIL Sergeant Tommy Prince of the 1st Special Service Brigade (aka “The Devil’s Brigade”) would sneak into SS Officers’ quarters and kill every third officer while they slept in their beds, and leave the others alive so they could find them dead in the morning.