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TIL - Mayonnaise is commonly used topically in hospitals to remove tar from burn victims’ skin

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vPjw8 TIL that Dave Coulier, the actor who played Joey Gladstone on “Full House,” has claimed to be the subject of Alanis Morissette’s hit song “You Oughta Know.” Bob Saget claimed to have been present at the dinner Alanis mentions in the song.
NKMN TIL That during his last days, Hitler used a Berlin phone directory to determine how the battle was going. He would call a number. If it was answered in Russian he’d hang up. If it was answered in German, he’d ask what the person was seeing.
VBkWB TIL: About Zombie Satellites. Which begin communicating again after sometimes decades of inactivity and thought to be lost. There are also amateur groups who hunt for and try to restore communications with them.
OoxGL TIL that in 1946 there were Waffen SS soldiers that guarded Nuremberg Trials
7o0X TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995; video game DOOM was first.