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TIL That hand warmers work by making iron rust ,and we just Use the excess heat coming from that reaction!

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9l9B TIL the scene where Jim Carrey makes “the Most Annoying Sound in the World” was unscripted, Even hitman Mike Starr’s hissy fit reaction to the scene was unscripted
x6XPb TIL that babies prefer speech sounds over other types of non-language sounds (i.e. music) even from birth. So, humans begin their language acquisition with a bias for listening to speech.
rY9w TIL, that right now, an ounce of meth costs more than an ounce of gold.
EryV TIL Iceland’s first permanent settler was a slave called Nightwalker who escaped his master. Little else is known about him.
LQmeQ TIL about Michael Larson, an ice-cream man who in 1984, appeared on the game show “Press Your Luck” having memorized the five pre-determined board cycles and after over 40 spins, won over $100,000 and several holidays.