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TIL that there is a liquid you can breath safely when submerged in, that is also used for lung injury.

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0wNpN TIL Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive
9YvLp TIL that the British sent ships and men to the US at the start of WWII to protect us from German U-boats. One ship sank and all 37 men on-board died. Only 4 washed up on shore. A special "British Cemetery" was created and it is leased in perpetuity to England so the men are at rest on British soil
R59p8 TIL Not only do giant pandas defecate around 40 times a day on average and consume their mother's feces, but they also love to roll around in horse manure. They will rub horse manure all over themselves until their entire body is covered. Since they don't hibernate, this helps keep them warm.
Me4QB TIL Alexander Graham Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.
16Qkd TIL about the "Bell Island Boom." In 1978, a mysterious and extremely loud explosion occurred in Bell Island, Canada. The blast was audible from up to 100km away, and the energy released was so powerful that the Vela Satelites used by the US Govt to detect nuclear explosions, detected the event.