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TIL it is possible to coat droplets of water with silica, resulting in a dry powder known as "dry water"

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4kDXR TIL in 1987 the MV Doña Paz, a Filipino passenger ferry carrying 4000 people (triple its maximum capacity), collided with an oil tanker while the crew was mostly drinking/ partying/ watching TV. The oil from the tanker set the ferry and the surrounding seawater on fire. Only 24 survived.
0wjX5 TIL that in 1506 Louis II of Hungary was born prematurely and doctors kept him alive by slaying animals and wrapping him in their warm carcasses as a primitive incubator
6YXw TIL there was a small cave rumored to be entrance to Purgatory in Ireland for hundreds of years. It is unclear exactly what was in the cave since it has been closed for 400 years.
6Egk8 Nokia and Vodaphone say they plan to put a high-speed cellular network on the moon.
Xw6Q TIL that the abbreviation ‘lb’ for pounds comes from the Latin 'libra’ (scales), like the constellation.