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TIL: To get a warm drink can cold takes20-25 minutes in a freezer. If you put it in a bucket of ice, that would halve that time. If you put water in that ice, it'd be cold (+- 5c) enough to drink in about 4-6 minutes, if you put salt in that water, you'd reduce the chill time to just over 2 minutes.

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D1PrJ TIL in 1847, Robert Liston performed a quick amputation where he also accidentally amputated his assistant’s fingers; both patient and assistant later died of sepsis. A spectator also died of shock, resulting in the only known surgical procedure with a 300% mortality rate.
W7vn8 TIL that in the US, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less. Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling once a year or less.
rRP0x TIL of The Eye of Argon, a fantasy novella written by a 16 year old in 1970, which became popular and beloved as the "worst fantasy novel ever." It found fame at conventions, through live readings and party games. In a 1984 interview, the author said that he was hurt by this, and never wrote again.
xVvjb TIL Lyndon B Johnson worked 18-20 hour days without breaks and had no leisure activities. He also smoked heavily, knew every senators' ambitions, hopes, and tastes were and used it to his advantage in securing votes. And was the "[most] powerful majority leader in American history" as a congressman.
rVYx TIL if two identical twins have children with another pair of identical twins, then their children are genetically not half-siblings, but full siblings.