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TIL “Tzar” is just Caesar in Russian.
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kODMe
TIL during a car accident a sodium azide pellet is ignited by an internal car sensor and explodes generating toxic/highly-explosive gas at a 250 mph velocity which undergoes a series of chemical reactions before turning into a non-toxic, stable silica glass... and that's how your airbag is inflated.
rRVPd
TIL of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, used by the government to control the weather on demand. Examples include creating real snowfall for New Years Day and moving clouds away from the Olympic Stadium to prevent rain by firing chemicals into the sky.
J7Vk
TIL the letter ‘Q’ was illegal in Turkey until last month
GAX45
TIL : That Voyager 2 is actually older than Voyager 1
R5Dll
TIL the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated was over 3,000x more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima. It was large enough to completely level the entire state of Rhode Island.