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TIL: Mr. Brightside by the Killers has been in the UK Single top 100 for 184 weeks since ‘04 (91st currently)

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ZPYR TIL that in WWI Canadian soldiers used urine-soaked cloths as primitive respirators against chemical attacks. The ammonia in urine would react with the chlorine, neutralizing it, and that the water would dissolve the chlorine, allowing the soldiers to breathe through the gas.
rWR0 TIL Humans can survive indefinitely on a diet of just potatoes and butter