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TIL Japanese scientists created a virtually painless needle by studying mosquitoes

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YkM7 TIL that in an effort to demonstrate people’s lack of scientific literacy, water is referred to by an unfamiliar name, “dihydrogen monoxide”, followed by a listing of real effects of this chemical, in an attempt to convince people that it should be regulated, labeled as hazardous, or banned.
VBkA8 TIL of Georg Elser who spent a year planning the elaborate assassination of Hitler by hollowing out a pillar in a hall where he would speak and filling it with time bombs. Hitler left 13 minutes before the bombs went off; his flight was cancelled due to fog, so he started early to get a train.
OGlMY TIL proto-punk pioneer James Williamson of The Stooges left the music biz to design chips at AMD, and went on to be a Vice President of technical standards at Sony.
BKOb TIL that Wilson from Cast Away won the 6th Critics’ Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object
l70O1 TIL The United States is one of the world's largest gold producers, with mines located in states such as Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, and South Dakota.