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TIL That some high schools have coffee shops in them!

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p8lZZ TIL the usage of diammonium phosphate allowed Marlboro to free base the nicotine in tobacco, allowing for more efficient delivery. Marlboro kept this process secret for many years, as freebasing is the same process used to produce crack cocaine from normal cocaine.
9w1OG TIL Asian elephants bury their calves, they have been observed doing this in India, they bury them with facing up.
YpX7A TIL that the autistic spectrum and the distinction between "high functioning" and "low functioning" autism was discovered by Hans Asperger in an attempt to save children in his clinic from the Gestapo during World War 2, who killed disabled children in preparation for the Holocaust.
Z15a TIL Every car made after 2002 has an “Emergency Release” cable inside the trunk in case of kidnapping.
nWWnP TIL that the Mutter Museum has a collection of over 2000 objects removed from people's throats, esophagi, and lungs by a single doctor- Chevalier Jackson, MD, who kept notes so other doctors could learn how to safely remove things from people's airways. Most of them are on display.