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Today I learned that during the Paria delta p incident that did happen on February 2022, the five commercial divers were sucked into the 30’’ pipeline at a mean velocity of about 3,3 m/s (10.8 ft/s) and stopped sliding when they were at about 200 m (656 ft) from the riser elbow.

GMvN TIL Listerine was sold as a cure for gonorrhea in the 19th century. But it wasn’t a success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for bad breath. Listerine’s ads featured women turned off by their mate’s bad breath. Until that time, bad breath was not considered such a catastrophe.
8eREV TIL the mother of Australian spider species Diaea ergandros allows her babies to suckle blood from her leg joints until she has weakened and (usually) dies. This prevents early cannibalism between the spiderlings, thus resulting in more of the clutch surviving.
GYbo4 TIL that USB 3 and USB-C devices can create 2.4 Ghz radio interference and cause issues to WiFi and radio wireless devices. Wireless headphones kept disconnecting today and found out that it was the HDD attached right next to the headphone's dongle that was causing this.
epyJ5 TIL James Doohan (Star Trek's 'Scotty') stormed Juno beach on D-Day as a Canadian army Lieutenant, and was shot 6 times that evening by friendly fire, losing a finger.
ADgJd TIL Marlon Brando’s final film was a movie called “Big Bug Man”. The animated film, co-starring Brendan Fraser, still has not been released and likely never will be.