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TIL there is a scientifically best way to wash your hands.

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d8vgB TIL A 17-year-old Canadian booked his ticket to go to space abroad Virgin Galactic to become the youngest person to ever go to space. It is understood that he will be accompanied by a parent for the trip, which costs $200,000 per ticket
p8rG4 TIL in 2015 a Chinese woman was stopped at an airport in Beijing for having a bottle of Cognac in her carry-on. Instead of handing it over to airport security, she chugged the entire bottle on the spot before taking her plane.
nWxVd TIL during the siege of Suiyan in the An Lushan Rebellion of Tang China, due to food shortage and prolonged famine, in the beginning, the horses were eaten. When there were no more horses, they turned to the women, the old, and the weak. 30,000 people in total were eaten. Only 400 people were left.
dny9 TIL While playing Chess a female contestant can only open 2 buttons from the top on her shirt
16wZX TIL=Plastic has become such a central component of modern life, it has found its way into our Earth's crust itself, becoming a geological marker. But there's an upside: The plastic is so obvious in the Earth's crust, it gives an exact timetable for when that layer of ground became solid Earth.