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TIL Advil has a candy coating

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Ypw8B TIL during the Chernobyl meltdown, it was feared that molten fuel (corium) would reach flooded areas and explode. Three engineers tried to prevent this, but corium dopped into the water before they arrived. The fuel then cooled into a ceramic pumice and floated around the room, instead of exploding.
GYKkJ TIL Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men is a cover of a song that came out a year before it in Trinidad
rQrM TIL: That The Netherlands has a defence system where they can turn the provinces of North and South Holland into an island by flooding any potential crossings into the province.
Y7Jxx TIL It is illegal to leave your car unlocked in Australia
woLg1 TIL that "Old Book Smell" is caused by lignin — a compound in wood-based paper — when it breaks down over time, it emits a faint vanilla scent.