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TIL there are a few generations that will never know what it’s like to have sex while wearing an N95 mask.

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6Egr7 TIL in 1997, a physics student demonstrating the Leidenfrost effect by holding liquid nitrogen in his mouth accidentally swallowed the substance, resulting in near-fatal injuries. This was the first case in medical literature of liquid nitrogen ingestion
ANMya TIL about the Champawat Tiger. A tigress who hunted human prey throughout Nepal and northern India in the early 20th century. She was estimated to have killed 436 humans before being brought down by dangerous game hunter, Jim Corbett.
Me7AA National Geographic Emerging Explorer Leslie Dewan is helping to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by designing a safer, more efficient alternative to today’s reactors.Conventional nuclear reactors only use about 3 to 4 percent of uranium’s accessible energy. The energy left behind is what makes conventional nuclear waste—radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years—so dangerous. Extracting more of the available energy reduces the radioactive lifetime of the waste. To this end, Dewan is helping to develop techniques that extract 96 percent of the available energy.
KYZxw TIL that Flo from Progressive is worth $6 million, and earns $1 million per year 🫡
x6NM0 TIL about mechanical television from the 20s and 30s, which used a rotating device to scan a scene and generate a signal which would then be viewed on the other end similarly