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TIL that “point blank range” doesn’t inherently mean “close range”.

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Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
698ew TIL of William Lee Bergstrom. He was a gambler known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time of $777,000. He won and returned several years later only to win again. On his third bet of a million dollars he lost. He committed suicide shortly after.
E8Y7 TIL in 1999, a young trainee surgeon travelled to Kosovo to provide medical help to victims of war. In a strange turn of events, Craig Jurisevic became a Mafia target, and played a part in the bombing of 400 Serbian forces.
dDE4r TIL Percieved sourness is caused not only by free protons, but also by protonated carboxyl groups. That means that organic acids will taste sour, even without really low hp. This explains why even some weak bases like sodium acetate taste sour, because the acetate ion will protonate.
l7BvV TIL about the Panic of 1837, a major financial depression in the U.S. that lasted until the mid-1840s. Nearly half of all banks failed, businesses closed, prices declined, and there was mass unemployment. The economy recovered by 1850 due to the California Gold Rush.