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TIL of Chlorine trifluoride, which can set glass on fire and corrode materials otherwise known to be non-corrodible such as iridium, platinum, and gold.

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78lZ TIL that male humans suffering through the symptomatic stage of rabies can sometimes uncontrollably ejaculate up to 30 times a day. But then you die.
jBBN TIL that while the number of Americans who own guns is going down, the number of guns owned is going up. American gun owners comprise 1% of the world’s population, but own as much as one-third of the guns in the world.
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p8eG8 TIL Aviation experts say African airlines have a terrible safety record but Ethiopian Airlines has always been considered an exception with a solid history. The previous fatal crash was in 1988 when a domestic flight hit a flock of pigeons and crashed, killing 31 people
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