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TIL that scallops have jet propulsion

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VAx0 TIL the CDC uses the “Corrupted Blood” incident in World of Warcraft as a study aid on bioterrorism.
nZG7 TIL modern Westerners tend to have a lifelong attraction to fire because they don’t learn to start, maintain, and master fire during childhood. However, in cultures where fire is used as a tool from a young age, interest in it wanes around age 7.
XEL4Q TIL Oregon uses beet juice to de-ice the roads and is illegal to use salt.
X0AW8 TIL Yasushi Takahashi left behind his girlfriend for six months to wander across Japan to create an epic marriage proposal. Carrying a GPS, Yassan covered 7,163.7 km mostly by walking, but with some use of a car, ferry and bicycle.
kJaRm TIL that Hawaii is not covered by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. This is because Article 6 stipulates that only the territories of member states located in North America, Europe, Turkey, and the Atlantic North are covered, while Hawaii is located in the Pacific.