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TIL that silica gel packets aren't poisonous. They are labeled "do not eat" because they are a choking hazard.

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PYpOn TIL sculptor Giorgio Gikas, while battling colon cancer built an 11 foot statue of Robocop that was an idea from a resident of Detroit that said “ Philadelphia has a statue of rocky & Robocop would kick Rockys butt”
weRo TIL that Male Holocaust Survivors Have a Longer Life-Expectancy
xDvk TIL in 1961, the captain of a ship named “Bluebelle” killed all its passengers except a young girl who he left for dead in the ship he scuttled, the girl was able to escape and drifted for four days on sea before rescued, the captain later committed suicide upon learning of her survival.
GJBE TIL there are a type of mites, called Adactylidium, that are impregnated while still inside their mother’s body. The mites then devour their mother from the inside out to go on and repeat the cycle.
9YXD TIL ~ During the 2008 Olympics China employed 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns to stop rain. Shooting various chemicals into any threatening clouds to shrink rain drops before they reach the stadium. rf#29