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TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling

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XEBVj TIL that Kennedy Island in the Solomon Islands is named after President Kennedy who swam there after his boat was sunk by the Japanese in WWII. It was purchased in 2004 for less than a thousand US dollars by someone coincidentally named Kennedy.
ADZKl TIL that Hummingbirds are the only known species of bird that can fly backwards
yQJjl TIL about Bostrom's trilemma. If humans don't kill themselves off and reach the point of being able to simulate human brains, and don't develop universally believed ethics not to, then, statistically speaking, there is a higher chance you are a computer simulation than not.
Zlkp TIL Crayola’s most senior crayon moulder who, after 37 years of service and approximately 1.4 billion crayons produced, revealed he was colorblind
lYgG TIL coconut water can be used intravenously to treat dehydration because of its exact likeness to blood plasma