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TIL a Sheffield, UK based company wants to replace the water in your washing machine with thousands of tiny polymer beads to save on water and energy.

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kXpm TIL the third leading cause of death in America - behind heart disease and cancer - is medical error, claiming 251,000 lives each year, higher than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer’s.
5xKp TIL that the word “scientist” did not exist until 1833; before that time they were called “natural philosophers.”
0wLdv TIL that the Russians succesfully developed a Plasma STEALTH cloacking device, but it had the limited purpose of screening the combat planes radar antenna, which happens to be a strong radar reflector.
9jOm TIL when Edwin Edwards ran for governor against the grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke, people were worried that Edwards would lose because of his indictments for fraud and bribery. Faced with the alternative, people created bumper stickers that read, “Vote for the crook, it’s important.”
OowBL TIL British policemen used to wear their uniforms at all times - even when not on duty