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TIL When two pieces of duct tape are stuck to each other using the adhesive, they can generate light and even x-rays when pulled apart

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N7daE TIL that before the coup d'état in 1953 Mohammad Mosaddegh was regarded as the leading champion of secular democracy and resistance to foreign domination in Iran’s modern history, and that the coup partly took place because Iran nationalized its oil industry.
oRnaW TIL Chinese basketball giant Yao Ming was knowingly bred for the sport, forced into it against his will and subjected to years of dubious science to increase his height
6EMy7 TIL That Reggie Jackson was offered more money to go to the Montreal Expos in 1976. A customs search in Ottawa sealed the fate of a deal with Montreal and he later signed with the New York Yankees
D1eEr TIL of Vivianite—a bright blue mineral that forms on skeletal remains when a person is buried in a waterlogged area containing a lot of iron and little oxygen. The phosphate leaking from their remains mixes with these elements to form crystal formations, which help preserve the remains over time.
E15P7 TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic