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TIL The WD-40 formula is not patented. If it were, the makers would have to disclose its ingredients, making it easier to copy.

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KBN9 TIL that the Kingdom of Bhutan plans to get rid of all chemicals, in its agricultur, becoming the first 100% organic nation within the next generation!
o0EE TIL: Every fig you’ve ever eaten was fertilized by a special wasp which probably died inside it (and you ate it)
OGa8e TIL: In 1903 Daniel Barringer gambled his entire fortune on a mineshaft believing geologists had misclassified a meteor creator as a volcano and a $1 billion iron ore deposit was to be found. He was correct that the site was a meteor creator, but didn't realize the iron ore had vaporized on impact.
x66M0 TIL rawhide bones can be dangerous, even fatal for dogs
7daM TIL that after a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like the design of the hospital bed he was laying in. He called in his engineers and had them design a new bed that would allow someone with severe burns to move freely. It became the prototype for the modern hospital bed.