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TIL Alcohol can actually be "smoked" -- or, more accurately, vaped -- so you can get drunk through your lungs, instead of the mouth or booty.

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KOXw6 TIL that the caps for PETE bottles (water and soda bottle containers) are made from a type of plastic which is not recyclable.
KYGA9 TIL olympic sailor Francisco Gonzalez killed 44 people on a plane by shooting both the pilots
Z0K4 TIL that according to a principle in evolutionary biology know as “Foster’s Rule” or the “Island Rule”, members of a species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment, leading to miniature island versions of elephants, mammoths, hippos, deer, and others.
8WPK TIL of SawStop, a device that will stop a table saw in 1/1000th of a second if it detects a hand
nelR7 TIL that the Ice Bucket Challenge actually helped fund the the discovery of a gene linked to the cause of ALS. The gene, NEK1, and its variants held clues to understanding and treating the disease.