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TIL phosphorous was discovered by a 17th century alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold by boiling hundreds of gallons of urine

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R5op4 TIL lava scabers exist naturally, not just as a human bred morph
M7OZb TIL Miranda Gibson lived on a small platform 60 metres above the ground in a 400-year-old Eucalyptus tree to protect the surrounding forest. A bush fire forced her to evacuate after 449 days but Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area was officially extended by 170,000 hectares a few months later.
7rd8L TIL the word "stereotype" originally referred only to a printing process that allows for the consistent reproduction of a single plate of type and images. "Cliché" meant the sound of molten metal hitting stereotype printing mold.
b6vMp TIL: Kleenex was invented as a cotton substitute for use by doctors during WWI
Zp9oa TIL an estimated 10% of the population of Seychelles is addicted to heroin