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TIL that common consumer fireworks can kill you if you're underwater with them when they detonate

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KO7d9 TIL the actual definition of an "Influencer" is not one who influences life choices, but rather they influence their subscribers to buy a product, i.e. product placement for brand recognition.
MWXW TIL Spiderwort is natures Geiger counter the petals of the flower turn from blue to pink when exposed to radiation
enpn TIL Ervil Morrell Labaron (Aka the Mormon Manson), in the 1970’s and 80’s, justified the killing of 25 men, women, and children using the Mormon principle of blood atonement.
yQyAp TIL The religiously unaffiliated now make up almost a quarter of the US population.
oB6M7 TIL of buttock mail, a tax historically levied in Scotland as a punishment for sex outside of marriage