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TIL 1/10th of the American workforce struggles with addiction.

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p8kjp TIL: Chlorate candles are used on submarie and in space to generate oxygen by burning a mix of sodium chlorate and iron powder. They have an indefinite shelf life and are surprisingly safe.
MNjb TIL that El Paso, Texas is one of the safest big cities in America, despite being across the river from Juarez, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
b60g7 TIL about the Oklo Mine, site of the only known naturally occurring nuclear reactor on Earth.
erPg TIL that Nikola Tesla predicted in 1926 that one day “We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance… we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face” through devices able to fit into a vest pocket.
ORj1 TIL that Tasmanian Devils are on the verge of extinction due to a transmissible facial cancer that appeared only 21 years ago