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TIL “Aqua Dots” were recalled for containing a chemical that metabolizes to the controlled substance GHB when ingested

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oBnZY TIL the term “100-year flood” doesn’t mean a flood that happens once in a hundred years. It’s actually a flood that has 1% chance of happening within a single year.
Lkadp TIL on July 9, 1962 , a nuclear bomb called "Starfish Prime" was successfully detonated in outer space as a part of the program ‘Operation Fishbowl" following two failures that resulted in radioactive material falling to earth from 35,000 feet.
NbGE TIL that for every $1 invested in the Human Genome Project, $141 were generated for the economy
GWO4 TIL the SR-71 Blackbird outran nearly 4000 missiles fired at it during its service life.
Jo0j TIL The Military Kicked Geraldo Rivera Out Of Iraq in 2003 Because He Literally Broacasted The Location and Sensitive Details About Future Movements of The Airborne Unit He Was Accompanying Live on TV