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TIL: Bleach solution needs to be remade daily to retain effectiveness, even at a 1:9 ratio.

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WkpZ4 TIL: Stefan Lux, a Czech reporter, committed suicide on the floor of the League of Nations to bring attention to the dangers of Nazi Germany.
neGGY TIL of that Al-Ma’arri was the first to write a book of divine comedy and is thought to have influenced Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
Xlxj TIL Learned helplessness is a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.
YpZYP TIL that in 1980 Glenn Seaborg turned several thousand atoms of bismuth into gold by removing protons and neutrons from the bismuth at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
QkPk TIL baby elephants still need to learn how to drink using their nose, that it’s not one of their instincts.