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TIL the pH scale is between 0 and 14, but several acids are below 0 and several bases are above 14!

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KeBQ TIL a study found that the costs of switching to clean energy from fossil fuels would be more than offset by the savings in reduced premature deaths from reduced air pollution
BrBjL TIL in Soviet Russia North, at mornings drivers made a fire under engines their trucks for about two hours, before starting the engine. There were two options: never cut off the engine and run it 24/7 or make a fire. Otherwise, oil would freeze.
ZpA0R TIL in 1966 a group of Argentinian militants hijacked and forced a commercial flight to land in the Falkland Islands and demanded the British authorities to surrender. The hijackers are still celebrated in Argentina today.
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