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TIL that stingray injuries are almost never fatal. When Steve Irwin died from a stingray attack in 2006, it was only the second recorded stingray-related death in Australia since 1945.

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LQygV TIL about a refrigerator in the 1920s co-designed by Albert Einstein for the poor. The Einstein–Szilard or Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.
nWoaP TIL During early development the gonads of the [human] fetus remain undifferentiated; that is, all fetal genitalia are the same and are phenotypically female.
VB154 TIL: NY, NJ, MA, and MN addresses paranormal activity in their real estate disclosure laws. In NJ, a seller must inform the buyer that their property is haunted if asked and in New York, a home sale is rescinded if the seller creates and perpetuates a reputation that the home is haunted.
1aVmO TIL, in 1895 Argentina had the worlds highest GDP per capita, now sits at #55 being a case study worldwide.
loPN1 TIL that people who believe they suffer from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) have relocated to a 13,000 square mile US Radio Quiet Zone where wireless is banned to prevent interference with radio telescopes.