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TIL that the Tango is so popular in Finland it’s practically the national dance

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OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
b66GQ TIL that Bobby Bonilla not only has a deferred-contract plan with the Mets that gets him $1.19M every July 1st, but he also has a second one with the Baltimore Orioles for another $500.000 every year from 2004 until 2029.
b9D59 TIL Abdol Hossein Sardari is credited with saving thousands of Jews in Europe, and given the title "Schindler of Iran"
Yp7m7 Consider the autoclave, which scientists use to sterilize tools and which issues scalding steam to do so. Or consider the heat gun, which is used to dry glassware and to warm distillation devices. It can also ignite anything flammable that gets too close. Glass containers in a vacuum can implode, spraying shards everywhere. Centrifuge rotors can fail, causing explosions that throw shock waves throughout a lab filled with chemicals. Steel vessels built to contain liquids and gases at hundreds of pounds of pressure per square inch can rupture, hurling metal at lab workers.
aP69 TIL that tea was so important for morale in the British army that in 1942 the UK bought the entire world’s crop of tea.