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TIL Firefighters use water to fight fire becasue it expands to steam and displaces oxygen, not because it cools the fire down

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kONLW TIL that the US senate used the same ivory gavel for over 170 years till president Richard Nixon broke it during a late night debate about nuclear power in 1954
nYWP TIL a man’s AI watched and recreated blade runner. The recreation was taken down. Essentially: Warner DMCA’d an artificial reconstruction of a film about artificial intelligence being indistinguishable from humans, because it couldn’t distinguish between the simulation and the real thing.
Y7a67 TIL The Utah War (1857–1858), or the Mormon Rebellion, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the US government.
X9AQ TIL Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia but produces less than a forth of what Saudi produces per year.
wLJlY TIL that Apple does not allow villains to use iPhones onscreen in TV and movies - something to watch out for from now on!