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TIL Apple prohibits “bad guys” from using iPhones in movies

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W779d TIL mouse "car washes" are being developed by Columbia University scientists to help reduce ticks and Lyme disease.
kODMe TIL during a car accident a sodium azide pellet is ignited by an internal car sensor and explodes generating toxic/highly-explosive gas at a 250 mph velocity which undergoes a series of chemical reactions before turning into a non-toxic, stable silica glass... and that's how your airbag is inflated.
y9bv TIL that the Duracell Bunny is banned in the US, and the Energizer Bunny was made to rival it
OoK9e TIL about Virophages, small virus-like particles that hijack the reproductive process of larger viruses for their own reproduction, and in the process sometimes deactivate the larger virus and help fight infections
5Yaer TIL of the Targa Florio, an automobile race through small mountain villages in Sicily, where spectators sat, stood right next to, or even on, the road, leading at least one race car driver to call it "totally insane." The race was held annually for around 70 years.