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TIL that a one-way mirror is also called a two-way mirror

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Oo9VY TIL there is an asteroid named after Tom Hanks. It's called "12818 Tomhanks" and orbits the Asteroid Belt in between Mars and Jupiter.
xVZY7 TIL that in 1979 the Soviets tried to poison the Afghan president but it didn't work because he drank Coca-Cola, which carbonation diluted the poison.
8a6Na TIL Japanese scientists have transplanted hair follicle germs (HFG) on mice which were grown on a substrate of dimethylpolysiloxane, (a silicone added to McDonald's fries to stop cooking oil from frothing). The technique created 5,000 HFGs at once and started new hair growth on mice.
0wVLM TIL that natural gas was discovered serendipitously around 500 BC in China. Bamboo pipelines were used to transport the gas, which was used to boil salt water to extract salt.
nWjlB TIL Author Kurt Vonnegut responded to a high school student’s letter with an “poetic assignment”