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TIL that Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic.

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Eg0Nw TIL About Hart Island in NYC, Final Resting Place for 1,000,000+ People
kOab1 TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada who, if elected, promised to "Promote higher education by building taller schools", "Repeal the law of gravity", and "Take Canada off the gold standard, opting instead to use a snow standard to boost the economy".
Oo1J1 TIL Squirrels are predators. In addition to small bugs, squirrels have been spotted eating birds, snakes, mice, and shrews. In one instance, a pack of Russian black squirrels killed and ate a stray dog.
XKBP TIL That in 2009 Chris Hemsworth filmed 2 movies (Cabin and the Woods and Red Dawn) but due to MGM’s financial troubles, they weren’t released until 2012, after the success of Thor. It also explains why he wasn’t really the main character in either film.
gRa4 TIL the famously anti-gay Harlem preacher Pastor Manning, who’s known for vitriolic anti-LGBT hate speech, is in massive debt. An organization that provides shelter for homeless LGBT youth is raising money to buy the building his church is housed in to open an additional shelter at that location.