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TIL letting a cut “get air,” or “breathe,” is actually the wrong thing to do to heal it.

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6Bx8 TIL in 1992 29,000 “bath toys” fell off a container ship near the coast of Alaska. Since then the yellow duckies have been washing up in places such as Scotland, Japan, Maine and the Arctic.
X06wD TIL When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere.
W7XGN TIL Underwater exploration was disallowed in Guanabara Bay by the Brazilian government after an Ancient Roman shipwreck was reportedly found that preceded Columbus
9wVgp TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games
16DE4 TIL the Martini Bianco vermouth mixer drink just filtered white wine flavored with various Alpine herbs and sweetened with beet sugar.