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TIL expiration date doesn't mean the food/product will be spoiled/dangerous to use, it's just used to indicate peak freshness

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gMd4b TIL: In 2015, researchers testing the efficiency of mosquito repellents used a Victoria’s Secret perfume because they thought the floral fragrance would attract mosquitoes. To their surprise, they found it repels mosquitoes better than a range of mosquito deterrents.
oyA7 TIL that in the 1992 hit single, “Baby Got Back”, the phone number 1-900-MIX-ALOT was a real number, which was a Sir Mix-A-Lot themed phone sex service
Z6PD TIL that when a bill was presented to legalise same-sex marriage in Iceland, no members of parliament voted against it.
ARxl TIL Leonard Nimoy was so associated with Spock’s character he was once invited to the California Institute of Technology to review work on several projects. He later admits not knowing a word of what they were saying, but remained in character.
6EjmJ TIL that a 1964 earthquake liquified the glacial soil around Valdez, Alaska, causing an underwater landslide and tsunami. Roughly half the town (including the soil it was built on) was washed out to sea. The current site of the city is 4 miles away.