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TIL hand soap doesn't actually kill the germs. Instead, it weakens the structure they're holding onto you so that you can wash them right off.

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VMa4B TIL that January 19 1977 was the last day it snowed in Miami, Florida, it lasted a little more than an hour, and it hasn't snowed there since.
X0GZr TIL the sky looks blue because gases and particles in the air scatter light from the sun and shorter blue wavelength light is scattered more than other wavelengths, so we see more of the blue than other colors. Sunsets are more atmosphere scattering most of the blue so you see more reds and yellows
Z8ZVa TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff came up with 'Operation Northwoods', a proposal made to JFK that would allow the CIA to carry out false flag attacks in America. Blame was to be put on Cuba, providing America with the justification for military intervention. JFK rejected the proposal.
ne0Lb TIL about culture-bound syndromes, psychiatric/medical disorders that are only found in specific cultures/groups.
e0bmD TIL in 1896, 500,000 people gathered in Khodynka Field, Moscow, to receive free gifts, celebrating the crowning of Nicholas II. Rumors spread that there was not enough beer for everybody, and that the beer cups contained a gold coin. The crowd responded by creating a stampede, killing 1,389 people.