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TIL that WD-40 can be used to remove paint marks from cars, oil stains from driveways, and tomato stains from clothes, keep away roaches, “polish” plastic patio furniture, +46 more uses.

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7rl6Z TIL that a man biked from Paris through France, Spain and Morocco, eating only out-of-date food that would have been thrown away, to draw attention to the epidemic of food wastage. He continued his campaign by crossing the Atlantic on a pedal boat, getting all of his calories from expired food.
9K4G TIL in 2006 an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay. The price rose to $3,000 before eBay shut it down.
ppAb TIL the longest marriage on record ended this year when Karam Chand died in England. He and his wife had been married for 90 years.
oRZE7 TIL: That Iceland is the safest country in the world in case of a nuclear war, because it is isolated from the rest of the world, doesn't have a standing army to target and generates all of its electricity from geothermal sources.
GeXG TIL that the BTK serial killer had a job installing security systems. Many of his clients booked the company to stop BTK from entering their homes, unaware that BTK himself was installing them.