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TIL humans don't have "wetness" receptors, our mind has to rely on context cues to detect liquids

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QNJJe TIL In Space there's only 9 to 12 seconds to be conscious outside airlock and humans are totally rescuable for atleast 30 seconds.
8eEea TIL that the cornea must breath on its own by absorbing oxygen through the tears and the atmosphere because it has no blood vessels to receive oxygen
wvoJ TIL 700 years ago a monk scraped off the ink of old parchment to write a new prayer book. Recent discoveries find that the paper he erased was a manuscript wriitten by Archimedes that laid out the heart of calculus thousands of years before Newton was even born.
nYgG TIL that pop rocks (and other popping candy) work by carbonating the candy in its liquid state, creating high pressure pockets of gas that are released when you eat it. Effectively, its a carbonated food as opposed to a carbonated beverage.
jNjmn TIL There are five bigger bed sizes than Super King. They are Eastern King, Emperor, Super Emperor, Caesar and the biggest, Super Caesar.