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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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A76a TIL Obsidian blades are so sharp (3 nm thickness) that, on a cellular level, obsidian knives will cut between cells rather than tear the cells as steel knives would do
e5dg TIL During the Winter War Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov said the soviet planes over Finland were not bombers but humanitarian food drops. The Finns responded by naming their improvised explosives Molotov Cocktails, “A drink to go with the food.”
x6av0 TIL that the chocolate makers J.S. Fry & Sons had a famous advert featuring a crying boy who becomes happy after having chocolate. The boy was actually forced to cry after having an ammonia soaked cloth wrapped around his neck by his dad, who then took a photograph of this used in the advert.
QvVd TIL the professions with the lowest rates of sociopathy are, in order: care aide, nurse, therapist, craftsperson, beautician/stylist, charity worker, teacher, creative artist, doctor (excepting surgeons), accountant
e0l6J TIL in 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World, May Myat Noe was stripped of her crown for refusing to get breast implants. Officials cites her “ungrateful attitude …. ” as their reasoning. That “ungrateful attitude” refers to the 16-year-old’s decision not to get breast implants.