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TIL: Duct tape should never be used for taping ducts

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j610p TIL that the root of the word hysteria is the Greek hystera, meaning uterus, since it was believed that madness and ungovernable emotions were caused by either the wandering or the suffocation of the uterus in the body of a woman
eX76 TIL that Air Force One is not a single plane but is simply the name for whatever plane the president happens to be on.
worY8 TIL the first food ever smuggled into space was a corned beef sandwich. It was smuggled onboard the Gemini III NASA mission on March 23, 1965 by Astronaut John Young to give to fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. Grissom was not scheduled to eat anything during the 4 hour 52 minute orbital mission.
7a17 TIL Aborigines were classed as wildlife, not humans, by the Australian government until 1967!
Glb5 TIL that serial killer Robert Pickton fashioned a dildo to the barrel of a .22 caliber revolver to act as a makeshift silencer.