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TIL there is a version of the Bible translated into Hawaiian Pidgin called ‘Da Jesus Book’

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b9JWj TIL A needlegun is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire, and extreme muzzle velocity.
R7loa TIL: Martin Couney set up infant incubator shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City and World's Fairs, charging 25c to view premature babies. He offered free care for 'weakling babies', proving the success of incubators. He saved over 6,500 babies from ~1900-43.
Zp5Q TIL that more than 50% of the world has never made or received a phone call.
vPG0K TIL a mediterranean sea is a mostly enclosed sea whos water circulation is dominated by salinity changes, so TIL The Mediterranean sea is a mediterranean sea.
9YVx6 TIL that the only document with the taste of Cyanide written is the Suicide Note of an Indian Goldsmith who killed himself in 2006 by mixing a pinch of it in his liquor. He wrote “Doctors, potassium cyanide. I have tasted it. It burns the tongue and tastes acrid."