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TIL that the liquid in a bottle of perfume costs on average roughly $2 to make

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KO5gR TIL of the Battle of the Wabash or St. Clair's defeat. When an American army of 1000 men was slaughtered by a Native American force of near equal strength in 1791. Only 28 men escaped unscathed with a casualty rate of 97%, it remains the largest defeat in American history.
4X5nX TIL that the origins of the "universal S" are unknown. Even a youtuber who spent 5 years researching it couldn't come to a conclusion. The symbol appeared in some places as far as a century ago, and is belived to have spread worldwide before the internet, but it is unclear how or why.
mOaM TIL: Before Nazis used the salute commonly referred to as the “Hitler salute,” Americans did it while saying the Pledge of Allegiance
RN8 TIL the Molotov Cocktail is not Russian, despite the obvious Russian name. The petrol bomb was mass produced by the Finnish in the Winter War, and the term itself was coined to mock Soviet propaganda.
69yrY TIL - Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper in World Cup history to win the Golden Ball