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TIL scientists created a sound so loud that it can instantly boil water

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9YlYB TIL that some poison dart frogs secrete a painkiller called epibatidine. Epibatidine is 200x more potent than morphine and is nonaddictive, but has a therapeutic dose that is dangerously close to its lethal dose
rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos
16aOX TIL the boom mic was invented by director Dorothy Arzner on the set of a 1929 film about drunk college coeds called The Wild Party, starring Clara Bow.
mx95p TIL that Jimmy Boyd's I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in Boston when it was released on the grounds that it mixed kissing with Christmas. Boyd was photographed meeting with the Archdiocese to explain the song. After the meeting, the ban was lifted.
KOe1G TIL in 2011 the Chevrolet Volt topped Consumer Reports' ranking of vehicles with the most owners who would buy one again - 93% would. Next year the car got that honor again, with 92% of owners who would buy one again.