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TIL: Pure water (distilled or deionized) is a poor conductor of electricity. It is the dissolved ions and contaminants that conduct electricity.

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5Y7jP TIL that before 1530, when “Syphilis” was coined, the Russians had been calling it "Polish disease", the Polish and Germans "French disease" and the Dutch "Spanish disease". The French called it "Italian disease" but the Italians called it "French disease” back at them.
BrQBW TIL that in 2001 a cat was cleared of the smothering death of a baby. Nicola Payne had found the cat lying on her boy's face when she went into his bedroom. She tried frantically to save him, but he was dead. Pathologists found that sudden infant death syndrome --not the cat, was the cause of death.
67Om TIL that the key ingredient in most dryer sheets is beef fat
xQAg TIL the man who invented autopilot was also the founding member of the mile-high club.
pYnEG TIL that seagulls not only eat other birds and animals, but are cannibals and often eat seagull chicks, even their own.