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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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pYGV4 TIL Frank Sinatra was once trapped in Australia by a country-wide strike, in response to the singer's horrible behavior
yA9p TIL after a four-year-old was mailed from her parents to her grandparents, the mailing of people was prohibited by the US Postal Service.
5YB7R TIL Buganda's Indigenous religion has a saying for when they pray to their gods for help “Lubaale mbeera, nga n'embiro kw'otadde" (pray for deliverance from danger, but start running too).
LkkGv More than you expect. Especially at night.
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