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TIL about thick water, which is used to help people with difficulties swallowing stay hydrated

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d8EJ9 TIL that several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands have developed an "avoidance language", used when collecting pandanus nuts in order to not use words that are thought of as being "unhealthy" for the plants.
W76k9 TIL the eponymous subject of Pink Floyd's song "See Emily Play" (1967) is believed to be then-16 year old Emily Young. She went on to become one of Britain's leading stone sculptors.
ZpY1o TIL of Lon Horiuchi - the FBI officer who fatally shot Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge & was also accused of firing into the burning building during the siege of Waco
KLZR TIL Fritz Haber helped feed the world, but he also developed the first chemical weapon used in warfare. He is often referred to as “father of chemical warfare.” Haber may have saved more lives than anyone else in history, but he did so accidentally while trying to formulate new ways to kill people.
ggVA TIL: After the battle of Waterloo in 1815, scavengers pulled so many teeth from the 50,000 dead soldiers, they caused the price of false teeth to fall in Britain to an affordable rate for the middle class.