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TIL diamond has exceptional heat conductivity (better than copper)

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JYQDk TIL That John Snow, who found the cause of cholera during the height of an epidemic, proved his findings by halting an entire outbreak through one action- removing the infected water pump handle.
DZBe TIL Scientology obtained their tax exemption from the IRS by having P.I.s dig into the personal lives of IRS managers and initiating hundreds of law suits against IRS employees. Eventually Scientology offered to drop all suits for religious tax exemption and the US government caved.
p8D14 TIL about Bruce’s Beach, owned by the Bruce Family. It was a segregated black-only beach resort in Manhattan Beach.
K9X9 TIL The NHL designed a puck with IR sensors in it to track it - that’s how they made it glow in the 90’s
4kLBJ TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets