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TIL Submarine missiles never actually get wet, they travel in a bubble of nitrogen on the way to the surface.

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EY6x TIL: Almost 25% of the population of Montana is on Oxycontin.
jGEN TIL the 2008 film ‘Rambo’ provided a huge morale boost to the Karen Freedom Fighters in Burma, who even adopted dialogue from the movie (most notably “Live for nothing, or die for something”) as rallying points and battle cries.
5oBP TIL: Every year they pull out between 12,000 and 15,000 bikes from the canals of Amsterdam
OopYe TIL that Australian researchers have developed a needle-free diabetes test that measures glucose levels from saliva and that can reveal their body’s glucose levels on a smartphone app.
JYARm TIL: An observational study of hand washing after toilet use at an Infectious Disease conference found that compliance with hand hygiene after toilet visits was 84% for conference participants, 75% for members of the public, and only 46% for hospital staff.