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TIL the T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons

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a8k4N TIL when a liquid is close to a surface significantly hotter than its boiling point, it produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps it hovering above the hot surface. This is called the Leidenfrost effect and visible when water drops hit a hot pan and skid around instead of boiling away instantly.
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