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TIL of "ninja rocks," shards of spark plug ceramics. Harder than tempered glass, when thrown at car side windows they can easily cause those windows to shatter.

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DQwLj TIL that in France, bars can’t have a Happy Hour without also making non-alcoholic drinks cheaper
kObrE TIL that when Marie Curie ran out of radium for her research in 1921, a women's magazine lead a crowdfunding campaign and raised $100,000 to buy her some more.
N7B5P TIL that in 2009, the government of the Maldives held an underwater cabinet meeting in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the country's existence
Y7RwG TIL that the first victim of 9/11 was Danny Lewin, he understood the hijacker’s on Flight 11 and tried to thwart the hijacking, but was unfortunately killed.
9YyZD Today I learned that the Canary Islands are named after Man’s Best Friend, and not birds. The Spanish name for the islands is “Islas Canarias”, which is derived from Latin and means “Island of Dogs.”