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TIL that falling bullets can reach a terminal velocity 3x faster than the speed needed to penetrate the skull AND falling bullets are > 5x as lethal as non-falling bullets.

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YkM7 TIL that in an effort to demonstrate people’s lack of scientific literacy, water is referred to by an unfamiliar name, “dihydrogen monoxide”, followed by a listing of real effects of this chemical, in an attempt to convince people that it should be regulated, labeled as hazardous, or banned.
1Zw7 TIL there is a scientific term for a person’s tendency to modify their behavior when they know they’re being observed. It’s referred to as the Hawthorne effect.
EgxOW TIL that the list of big banks in 1988 is dominated by Japanese institutions, which captured the first 10 spots and 17 of the top 25.
ADodg TIL IKEA allowed a giant hide-and-seek game in a store for the 30th birthday of a woman who planned the meet-up on FB; over 1K people signed up to play. More hide-and-seek parties popped up on FB including 19K signing up in Amsterdam. IKEA no longer allows hide-and-seek in their stores.
RYdl TIL in 2011, Firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn down because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”.