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TIL Rust doesn't cause tetanus and is relatively harmless in small quantities

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EgEA0 TIL while chemical weapons were produced by the Nazis, they were not widely deployed. Other than fear of retaliation, factors which influenced this decision may have been that Adolf Hitler was gassed by British troops in 1918, and that the Nazis never developed effective gas masks for horses
noXo TIL Manta rays frequently leap out of the water, sometimes to heights as high as 9 feet and then belly flop back into the water. This flop has been reported to sound as loud as a gunshot. It is still a mystery as to why they do this.
690oY TIL: In 2010 a Filipino mayor had giant statues of Mary and Jesus installed underwater to discourage the widespread use of cyanide and explosives for harvesting fish
WkrQX TIL that during the Victorian era, a newly developed feeding bottle for infants was introduced. Infant moṛtality rates due to these bottles were shocking– only 2 out of 10 infants lived to their 2nd birthday, but parents continued to buy and use them and they earned the name as murdeṛ bottles.
Oo7De TIL about the History of Central Asia