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TIL “flushable wipes” should not be flushed down the toilet

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kJB57 TIL Mel Gibson told Jim Caviezel “You'll never work in this town again” if he were to take the role of Jesus Christ in Passion of the Christ. He went through with the role and has found it difficult to find any gigs since.
JYdGm TIL that an Egyptian man tried to bypass a mandatory drug test by using his wife's urine. He found out he failed when his boss handed him the results and said, "congratulations, you're pregnant."
5V0N8 TIL that Saturn's sixth-largest moon Enceladus is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it the most reflective body in the Solar System. It shoots out water vapor, and other solid material totaling about 200 kilograms per second. Most of these materials supplies the making of Saturn's E ring.
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