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TIL WD-40 was originally developed to prevent corrosion in nuclear missiles

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xVVR7 TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
OorXe TIL: Over the past 50 years, there has been a decline of 3 billion birds across North America
QJPmk TIL Gillette charges considerably more for female razors than those made for men
5Yl68 TIL of an ongoing soviet fox domestication experiment that selectively bred for 'friendliness'. After a few generations the foxes had other surprising traits like better social skills, larger litter sizes, curlier tails, droopier ears and showed skeletal changes (making them look 'cuter', like dogs)
X06ZX TIL that The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University is the only international organization that is devoted to the research of chile peppers.