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TIL that peeling scotch tape in a vacuum produces radiation powerful enough to xray the human body

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x6bko TIL that the Navajo language, spoken by many indigenous peoples in Arizona and New Mexico, is related to indigenous languages of northwestern Canada and Alaska, all of which form the proposed Na-Dené language family.
Rwr8 TIL In 1910, the Diamond Match Company patented the 1st nonpoisonous match in the U.S., which used a safe chemical called sesquisulfide of phophorous. United States President Taft publicly asked Diamond Match to release their patent for the good of mankind. They did on January 28, 1911
GJ17 TIL that when Take That disbanded in 1996, so many teenage girls in the UK were openly distraught that the UK Government actually set up telephone hotlines for counselling.
m1dWP TIL that there is an island in New York called “Just Enough Room,” where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
grdQ9 TIL during the Victorian era, it was popular for people to photograph relatives after they had died, often placing them in lifelike poses.