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TIL Band-aids emit a blue flash of light when pulled apart - visible to the human eye when you do it in the dark!

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W74oX TIL the Rio Negro Bridge is the only major bridge across the Amazon or any tributary in the Amazon
VM6l0 TIL that “murder hornets” have touched down in WA and the U.S is desperately trying to eradicate them before they spread. Murder hornets are highly invasive, 2 inches long and will kill you if you’re stung a few times. It can also put you in cardiac arrest. This is what May has to offer.
EgpaP TIL that you probably won't die from eating a whole jar of black olives
X0AW8 TIL Yasushi Takahashi left behind his girlfriend for six months to wander across Japan to create an epic marriage proposal. Carrying a GPS, Yassan covered 7,163.7 km mostly by walking, but with some use of a car, ferry and bicycle.
m1Kyp TIL The black death caused an inflation of dowries in medieval Florence which the government solved by establishing a public dowry fund: when a girl turned 5, families would deposit on the dowry bank on her behalf, which would accrue about 10% a year and would be withdrawn when she got married