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TIL there is an entire website dedicated to convincing people that dihydrogen monoxide (water) is a dangerous chemical being covered up by the government.

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gMRQ7 TIL Airbrush illustrations require you to cut out little pieces of film, or "frisket", with an X-acto knife and put them back for every area you want to color. I now appreciate Photoshop that much more.
Y7xvd TIL that Microsoft has its own version of Linux. CBL-Mariner is used by the company's Azure cloud computing service.
6ElQZ TIL that many US states still have laws against people with disabilities from marrying. And if they do get married, they will lose their benefits.
xblo TIL that in 1957, the BBC aired an April Fools segment showing a family harvesting spaghetti from the family spaghetti tree. When viewers asked how they could grow their own, they were told to place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.
RNOQ TIL PubMed, a free database available to the public containing huge amounts new science studies, papers, and research, is slowly dying due to federal budget cuts. They are currently on a stand still of posting new data due to staff limitations.