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TIL Oil of Magnesia isn't made of oil, but Chloride & water. Regular application on skin can remove mild body aches, cramps & dysmenorrhea for ladies.

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mxd5y TIL the infamous "Woman in Red" who betrayed John Dillinger did so to keep from being deported. The FBI promised to help her, and in the end, she was deported anyway.
P1MWe TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity
Ly6r TIL an astronaut once punctured his space suit while on a space walk and didn’t even notice
xOe1 TIL that Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai from 1958 to 1990, said of their oil-centric economy: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.”
6EpgW TIL that Michelangelo's statue of David is supposed to be the biblical figure of David, from David and Goliath. He can be seen holding a stone and a sling.