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TIL Clementines can be used as candles.

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p8PMb TIL that although the AC-130 close air support gunship has been flying combat missions since the Vietnam War, only 47 of them have been built.
bJrj TIL that Vodka was originally invented in Poland, first produced in the 8th century
LQkVp TIL that the holes on the electrical prongs of plugs don't actually serve any function - companies that make them save a bit of metal from each plug by creating these holes. People nowadays also expect to see these holes which is another reason companies continue to produce plug prongs with holes.
Zk9a TIL tasers shoot confetti with tiny serial numbers printed on it so that it can be linked to the person who fired it.
BgLMD TIL: Shoes discovered in Titanic wreckage are typically found in pairs because they were worn by victims when they died. The bodies disintegrated but the shoes remain due to tannic acid in leather