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TIL that a cat in Wisconsin, saved her human family by pawing at them when they were feeling sleepy and got them out of the house. First responders did a test and revealed that the house had a dangerous level of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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4v9X TIL that there is such a thing as a “sound laser”; a device that projects sound in a straight line. For example, you could play a song to your friend across the room and have only him hear it.
Yp7m7 Consider the autoclave, which scientists use to sterilize tools and which issues scalding steam to do so. Or consider the heat gun, which is used to dry glassware and to warm distillation devices. It can also ignite anything flammable that gets too close. Glass containers in a vacuum can implode, spraying shards everywhere. Centrifuge rotors can fail, causing explosions that throw shock waves throughout a lab filled with chemicals. Steel vessels built to contain liquids and gases at hundreds of pounds of pressure per square inch can rupture, hurling metal at lab workers.
jNO1Q TIL Excess Weight Can Weaken The Flu Shot
69BYW TIL some antennas are disguised to look like local foliage, for aesthetic purposes
dWXE TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once got so wasted before a meeting with the German head of CBS Europe, he left thinking he had ‘lightened the mood’ with a striptease. In reality, he performed a Nazi goose-step up and down the table before dipping his testicles in, then urinating in, the director’s wine.