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TIL: You’ve never actually seen “steam”, only mist condensing off the invisible gas.

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jbbv TIL Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, had electricity installed in the White House for the first time. He and his wife were so scared of being electrocuted that they wouldn’t touch the light switches, often going to sleep with the lights on.
Al9l TIL the US government can legally destroy (food) wheat on farms that produce in excess in order to “stabilize the market,” even if the excess is for personal consumption only.
WkB5A TIL of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, manicurists to the Pharaoh in ~2500BCE, they are considered by some historians to be the first recorded same-sex couple in history
EgQRw TIL NATO article 5 doesn’t cover anything outside of Europe, North America, Turkey, and islands in the Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer.
5Ydxk TIL about bog bodies. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally preserved in a bog wetland. This is due to the acidic, low temperature, and low oxygen environment. They often retain their skin and internal organs. They are basically a pickled human.