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TIL A city in California almost stopped the usage of Styrofoam cups because they were known to be made using “dihydrogen monoxide”, completely neglecting the fact that the substance is plain water.

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a8DxJ TIL Although Saturn's rings expand up to 175,000 miles from the planet, the main rings only average about 30 feet in height
BVax TIL that even though many people cite the PISA test scores as a source that Americans are behind in education, the test scores show that Americans beat every other OECD country when controlling for poverty in schools.
9Y9PB TIL Johnny Cash was banned for life from the Grand Old Opry for smashing the stage lights with a microphone stand (while battling with drug and alcohol abuse) in 1965. The ban was later lifted and he continued to perform at the auditorium until his death in 2003.
8admZ TIL that the first Russian nuclear submarine killed 10 people during construction, at least 22 in a reactor accident, 30 in a fire, and 1 by short-circuit
kOmEe Today I learned about a Houston resident physician who was decapitated in a terrible elevator accident in which his head was stuck inside the elevator with several horrified individuals until someone was able to come and free them.