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TIL it is no longer acceptable to use hydrogen peroxide on cuts.

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DQDlV TIL Tossing Puffin Chicks off of a cliff in Iceland is vital to the survival of the species
4jP5 TIL In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid three Harvard scientists $50,000 to say that heart disease was most likely caused by saturated fat. After their report was published in JAMA, diets concentrating on low fat gained the endorsement of many health authorities.
nWDyY TIL in 2015, BMW New Zealand ran an April Fool’s ad promising a free car to the first person who showed up with their old car and ask for ‘Tom’. Tianna Marsh took the chance, arrived at 5:30 local time with her 15-year-old station wagon, and drove away in a $50,000 BMW with a ‘NOF00L’ license plate.
4XZg TIL that Canadian triathlete Simon Whitfield consoled a little girl who had been crying for him after he crashed, before tending to his injuries.
b9N6Q TIL The sharpest usable knife blades are made from volcanic glass called obsidian. They are 10 times thinner than a razor blade but can’t be used for surgical instruments as they could shatter.