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TIL modern atomic clocks are so accurate that if Yellowstone were to threaten eruption, we would be capable of detecting it in advance because of the time distortion.

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49LX TIL that in the 1800s, a brand of medicine called Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup contained morphine ended up causing the death of many infants and young children.
OomD4 TIL that the Montreal Protocol to protect the Ozone layer was the first treaty in UN history to have been accepted by all member states. If the treaty and it's actions had not been accepted, the ozone layer would've been so degraded by 2070 that just 5 minutes in sunlight would burn you.
v1GB4 TIL that as a marketing and publicity stunt three copies of a John Otway single in 1979 were pressed without a vocal track. Purchasers of the 'instrumental' copies would 'win' a live performance of the song by Otway in their own living room, while they played the record on their home stereo.
4M8w TIL that when the number of chlamydia cases in young Swedish people doubled in one year, it was decided that condom ambulances would be on standby three days a week, waiting for calls from those caught in a promising situation, but without protection.
XwO6 TIL that Mamihlapinatapai is the most succinct word in the world. It means “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.”