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TIL Table salt (NaCl) has a melting point of 801°c due to it being a ionic solid

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rN4j4 TIL the 2013 El Reno tornado was more than 2.5 miles wide and had multiple vortices in it’s interior moving at speeds of 177 mph across the ground. It is the first known tornado to cause the death of storm chasers, tossing their car 600 feet through the air.
47Zw TIL That in 2012 a cat named Orlando beat top investment bankers in a year long investment competition, which he chose by throwing his favorite mouse toy at a grid to select companies to invest in
epKo4 TIL that in 2015, a man named Mark Haub, a professor of nutrition at Kansas State University, went on a 'convenience store diet' for 10 weeks, eating mostly Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos. He lost 27 pounds and improved his cholesterol and blood pressure levels by limiting his calorie intake.
d8Ww7 TIL that crows and other birds have the same number of neurons as some primates, which explains their intelligent behavior.
kOJMd TIL during the exceptionally cold winter of 1795, a French Hussar regiment captured the Dutch fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands. The French seized 14 warships and 850 guns. This is one of the only times in recorded history where calvary has captured a fleet.