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TIL that Dimethylmercury will penetrate latex, butyl or neoprene gloves in about 15 seconds and you’ll likely die if you get a drop on your gloved hand.

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8aJeK Today I learned about how glamorous commercial aviation was before WWII, with inter-continental flights in the Pan-Am Clipper. As glamorous as taking a cruise ship, but in a plane that landed on water.
1lD4 TIL there is a water vapor cloud in space which has 100 trillion times the amount of water present on Earth.
kOboe TIL the word “loot” came from Hindi and Sanskrit on India during colonial times until England adopted it into the English language
WKl8 TIL Black Americans preferred staying with British Soldiers during WWII due to the abuse their fellow Americans hurled at them. Americans even tried to implement segregation in the UK.
OobWR TIL that Kalawao County, Hawaii is the smallest county in the US in terms of land size (12 sq. mi. of land) and one of the least populated (approx. 90 people). It was a quarantine settlement for people with Hansen's Disease (leprosy).