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TIL Anthropologie sells rocks with handles for $3,000

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91XD TIL that in 1990, the first documented Crash between two Cars fitted with Airbags, two 1989 Chrysler LeBaron, occurred; both Drivers walked away with minor Injuries from a Crash they would not have survived without Airbags (Photos in Comments)
p8K8G TIL that for insects the size of fruit flies, the air density for them is like water density to us.
p8JyA TIL during 2005 in Glendale, CA a suicidal man parked his car in front of a commuter train. The train derailed and collided with two additional trains resulting in over a 100 casualties. The man survived and was sentenced to life without parole.
rReM1 TIL That 70's Show (S01EP11) gay character Buddy Morgan (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was supposed to be a recurring character but was ultimately scrapped because of backlash.
gMW18 TIL the chemical Formamide has been proposed as an alternative to water that could support life with alternative biochemistries to that currently found on Earth. It can be formed with hydrogen cyanide and water, has a large dipole moment, and dissolves almost everything that dissolves in water.