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TIL Air bags are not inflated from some compressed gas source but rather from the products of a chemical reaction. The chemical at the heart of the air bag reaction is called sodium azide, or NaN3.

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VyND TIL: In the 1600s, a man who worked for Queen Elizabeth was so emberassed after an accidental fart, that he left England for 7 years. When he returned, the Queen greeted him by saying “My Lord, I had forgot the Fart.”
BGNe TIL that Romania’s Pre-WW2 king is still alive, and he is willing to serve as king again if the people wants him back.
BRNL TIL That Germany doesn’t recognize Scientology as a religion.
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