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TIL burning cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) can release hydrogen cyanide

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AwLa TIL Nikolai Tesla patented a one-way-valve with no moving parts in 1920 (Patent US1329559)
J1OGj TIL about Capablanca chess. Invented in the 1920s by José Raúl Capablanca (world chess champion). It had two new pieces and played on a 10x8 board. He also had a 10x10 board version. Over the years this inspired many more variants.
PYQQV TIL that the phrase 'you can't have your cake and eat it too" is backwards from the original and correct expression, 'you can't eat your cake and have it too'
1O8X TIL The Nation of Islam believe that white people were invented as an evil race by a scientist named Yakub, 6,600 years ago. The experiment also produced ‘red, yellow and brown’ people. Some of the white people Yakub created ultimately became gorillas.
xV0wD TIL: The average person swallows plastic equivalent to a credit card every week, due to micro plastics in our everyday lives