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TIL Only 4% of Irish people have red hair

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8axGL TIL "flushable" wipes cause major clogs in sewers and should not be flushed down the toilet
wEjY TIL that hand-warmers are filled with iron, and the heat comes from the process of the iron turning into rust when exposed to oxygen
8rZV TIL that NASA wanted to send Big Bird into space on the Challenger in 1986 to get children interested in space. The Big Bird suit was too big, however, so they sent teacher Christa McAuliffe instead. The Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff.
d8Xn8 TIL that towards the end of WWI a 'second Paris' was built to fool German bombers into not bombing the real Paris. It was complete with a Champs-Elysées and Gard Du Nord, wooden replicas of buildings, and white, yellow, and red lights to create the effect of machines working at night.
4kOKX TIL George Lucas’s dog, an Alaskan malamute named Indiana, was often taken by the Lucases on car drives and called their ‘furry copilot’. He was an inspiration for Chewbacca and the source of Indiana Jones’ name.