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TIL there is no evidence that a first responder has actually experienced an fentanyl overdose from accidental exposure

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P1YPJ TIL that the blow-fly of East and Central Africa, commonly infects humans by laying its eggs on wet clothes, left out to dry and a good way to prevent the transfer to a person's skin, is to iron all clothes including underwear, which kills the eggs/larvae.
woveo TIL only 8,012 of the 1928 US $1 bill were circulated in America. The rest were stored in a vault for 15 years. From November 1948 to February 1949; 1,872,012 of these $1 bills were sent to Puerto Rico, because "these notes would raise questions if circulated in the continental United States"
mxB6v TIL The original Macintosh computers were sold with 9" screens that were 72 pixels per inch. This size was chosen because their printer would print at 144 ppi, exactly double the screen. This way the printed text and the screen text would end up being exactly the same size.
VB6Vk TIL : a group of doctors studied 75 specific causes of death between woman and men. Men are more likely to die in virtually every single scenario whether sickness, violence, accidents etc than woman.
0dMZ5 TIL Guanxi (关系, guānxi) is a Chinese term for an individual's social network of mutually beneficial personal and business relationships. Guanxi relationships are almost never established purely through formal meetings but must also include spending time to get to know each other.