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TIL Scientists Can “Unboil” an Egg

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N7WBQ TIL "There's roughly 100 firefighter arsonists convicted every year in North America and all of them are serial arsonists"
gL07 TIL in 1980 a 10 year-old became the youngest librarian in the US after petitioning his mayor for a local library. Starting with 2,000 books he collected himself, his library climbed to 17k books by 1985 after his story was featured across the country including The Tonight Show and Reading Rainbow.
epMZD TIL That The Largest Bird Sculpture In The World Is In Kerala, India. The Sculpture Is Of The Mythical Jatayu In Hinduism, Who Was Slain Trying To Protect Sita Against The Demon King Of Lanka, Ravan.
gby TIL the difference between a poison, a toxin and a venom. A poison is any substance that disturbs an organism’s functions, a toxin is a poison produced biologically and a venom is a toxin that is injected with a bite or sting.
Z87GQ TIL During the American Revolution, “Columbia” was used to describe all of America; that is why the capital of the USA is called Washington, District of Columbia