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TIL: Dogs Can Smell Parts Per Trillion. A Human Equivalent Would Be Perfect Vision Up To THREE THOUSAND Miles Away.

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JYRyV TIL A 3M adhesive tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
prlZ TIL 2/3 of Shakespeare sonnets have rhymes that do not work in modern English
ne9v9 TIL about the U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, marketed to kids as a toy in the 1950's it came with 3 different types of live Uranium Ore and a Geiger Counter. The kit's intention was to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material
7rw8r TIL that Ford has had 6 out of 18 of the biggest safety automotive recalls of all time.
N4ee TIL the way Dr. Seuss pronounced his name was that it rhymed with “voice”