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TIL Electrolysed water will kill spores and many viruses and bacteria and costs less than a penny per gallon. Turns out zapping salt water with low-voltage electricity creates a couple of powerful yet nontoxic cleaning agents.

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8GM8 TIL the Manchineel tree, native to Florida, considered the most poisonous tree in the world, causes painful blisters if you stand under it during rain, blinds you if smoke from its burned wood touches your eyes, can poison water with its leaves and will cause death if you eat its fruits.
0wer5 So you’ve seen those location-tagging numbers on maps and GPS devices before, but do you actually know what they mean?
E1nrP TIL cats and dogs produce vitamin D in their fur and need to swallow their fur to ingest it
70bP TIL computers cannot be programmed to generate a set of truly random numbers on their own. For things like encryption keys and online gaming sites, companies use RANDOM.org which uses atmospheric noise to develop truly random numbers.
YpepZ TIL: Prince Charles, Phillip, William and Harry are Related To the Roman Emperors Komnenos and Paleologos.