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TIL bleach has a shelf life with the effectiveness decreasing after just 6 months and eventually degrades into salt water

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rNaow TIL about ''The strongest man in the world'' Croatian Marijan Matijević who pulled two cargo ships with his hands through New York harbour and prevented an airplane from taking off by holding it with a rope. He helped Nikola Tesla when he needed funding and was known for various humanitarian acts.
6RBZ TIL that the first female governor of Texas was elected in 1924. She said “she would follow the advice of her husband” and voters would get “two governors for the price of one.”
ZV0G TIL Kel Mitchell (of Kenan and Kel) auditioned for Saturday Night Live but lost out to his former co-star Kenan Thompson
4GPo TIL Medieval Castles went up in a clockwise spiral to give defenders a sword fighting advantage
1aNPO TIL: In the State of California sneaking into a movie theater, leaving an unpaid bill at a restaurant or using a ski slope without paying are all examples of the crime of "defrauding an innkeeper"