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TIL drug cartels started making "multicolored rainbow fentanyl" in response to accidental overdoses

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yAna TIL that humans are not derived from Neanderthals but are their cousins. However, we do share about 2% of their DNA through interbreeding approximately 50,000 years ago.
woj08 TIL about Nitrogen Triiodide - the most sensitive compound in the world. It is so sensitive, exposure to alpha particles can cause it to explode.
xyBg TIL the side swipe damage of the iceberg that collided with the Titanic was a freak accident that has never occurred before or since in maritime history. If the Titanic had not attempted to go around the iceberg, crashing into it instead head on, it would have survived the impact and stayed afloat.
nWwNW Today I learned that you need 64,000 gallons of oil per year to run the amount of wind turbines that match the energy output of 1 900 mw nuclear power plant.
NvdE TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of MythBusters founder of M5 Industries, was a problematic child who ran away at 14 and hitchhiked all over the country before becoming the silent walrus we all know today