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TIL about Ngerulmud, the capital of Palau and the least populous capital city in the world. It has an official population of 0.

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E1a8X TIL of flail chest, an injury in which broken ribs become detached from the rest of the chest wall and move opposite to the rest of the torso while breathing.
OP8Y TIL that the musicians in Pink Floyd did not do drugs while recording their influential albums, and founding member Roger Waters has “no idea” why their music is associated with drug culture.
LkDZ9 TIL of Frank Willis, a security guard in 1972. While on duty he noticed tape on a basement door lock. Thinking a worker had left it there accidentally, he removed it. Willis later found tape again in the same place. He called the police, saying he believed there had been a break-in at Watergate.
5PDr TIL a woman became paralyzed after her spine was injected with a powerful antiseptic instead of epidural during childbirth.
kOVpW TIL Electrolysed water will kill spores and many viruses and bacteria and costs less than a penny per gallon. Turns out zapping salt water with low-voltage electricity creates a couple of powerful yet nontoxic cleaning agents.