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TIL: That hot water can cause cancer

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D1j6P TIL that many public libraries in the US participate in Inter Library Loan (ILL). That means you have access to virtually any book, journal,magazine or dvd held by any library in the country
6ErYX TIL about the Pauli Effect, which is the supposed tendency for technology to fail in the presence of certain people
LQeRP TIL The U.S. Navy estimates that heavy barnacle growth on ships increases weight and drag by as much as 60 percent, resulting in as much as a 40 percent increase in fuel consumption
8ewpZ TIL of co-founder Aaron Swartz, who believed in a free Internet when it was still possible. He died by suicide in 2013.
Jxy4 TIL Kurt Russel directed Tombstone, but didn’t want to be listed as the director. Of the two listed directors, one was fired very early in the production and the second was a “ghost director”.