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TIL Perfluorodecalin can store about a quarter its weight in oxygen, making it a potentially breathable liquid for humans

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awJp0 TIL Japan has a National Wolf Association fighting to reintroduce wolves to the country to deal with a massive roaming deer population
d85Md TIL Ancient Egyptian mummies were discovered to have traces of Nicotine, Hashish and Cocaine. The Coca Plant being native at the time to South America leads to speculation of trans-oceanic transport in ancient times.
pBG8 TIL the number of men that get raped in America is higher than the number of women. The reason? Prison.
9j5D TIL that during the Great Recession, Australia didn’t bail out their banks. Instead, they gave each citizen $900, no questions asked. As a result, Australia was the only western country not to go into recession.
LQok9 TIL of “Raining Blobs in Oakville,”a phenomenon that occurred in Oakville, Washington, in 1994, where gelatinous blobs fell from the sky. These blobs contained human white blood cells and made people ill, though their origin remains a mystery.