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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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Brlwk TIL that the world's largest film studio is Hengdian Studios, in China. Basically a city of permanent full-scale replicas of palaces, fortresses, and towns from various periods of China's history. Whole populations of nearby towns are often employed to be extras for period dramas & fantasy movies.
9w5wD TIL bookworms are a real problem and can cause significant damage to your books
VBAMB TIL there were uncontacted Aboriginal Australians until 1984.
5Z89 TIL the son of the man who founded conversion therapy came out as gay.
ONO4 TIL the Chinese government has forcefully harvested organs from roughly 65,000 political prisoners