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TIL Australia's first govt-backed pill & drug testing service, after its first month of operation, found that all the cocaine tested by the service had purity levels below 27% with 40% of the samples containing zero cocaine.

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YpaB TIL there is a movie theatre in London that has volunteer “ninjas” that will “hush” obnoxious movie-goers.
DQQDr TIL Scientists Make Simulated Moondust, JSC-1 simulant, to use to test equipment intended for The Moon. It is very abrasive, which grinds machinery & seals, & damages human lungs.
xVVy7 TIL that the reason why Helium makes your voice sound high is not because it changes pitch, but because it creates a higher vibration frequency because it is lighter
ZgxG TIL a 14 year old boy started drinking gasoline in a quest to become like Optimus Prime.
xV0Q1 TIL that some people smell of rotten fish and aren't fishermen. Trimethylaminuria is a rare metabolic problem causing people to emit the smelly odor of bad fish after eating eggs, liver, legumes or vegetables. There is no known cure and the problem is more common in women than men.