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TIL there is a website that lists all the Mythbusters experiments and their results

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4XwJJ TIL biblically accurate angels are very different from well-known description of the an angel - Old Testament depict one of them (Seraphim) as six-winged, flaming creature continuesly chanting "Holy, holy, holy" and the other (Ophanim) as pair of wheels with multiple eyes
BgMmD TIL that from ~1927, the US based "Nutex Company" sold 'Radium-Nutex' condoms. The product was seized and destroyed on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission in 1940 for false claims of effectiveness. They didn't contain any radium.
k89E TIL Australian Bill Morgan was declared dead for 14 minutes and lived unscathed. To celebrate his survival, he bought a scratch card & won a $27k car. The news asked him to re-enact the scratch card moment so he bought another card & won a $250k jackpot.
gRND TIL That the “warranty void if broken” stickers found on many electronics are not legally binding due to ‘right to repair’ legislation passed in 1975.
Ll0 TIL there is Play-doh Cologne.