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TIL Cosmetic companies list water as "aqua" because they are abiding by the INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) which is a naming system for oils, pigments, chemicals, and other ingredients of cosmetics. This way everyone knows exactly what's what when they read the label.

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91yX TIL the computers of Iran’s nuclear program were hacked, causing them to blare “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC.
xnKB TIL that Superman’s flight powers are due to the fact that him ‘leaping tall building in a single bound’ looked silly in animated form in 1940’s cartoon by Fleischer Studios. Studio asked if they can make him fly instead, Action Comics agreed and wrote that into comics.
nej5G TIL that President Carter once told a joke during a speech to a Japanese audience which caused the audience to erupt in laughter. Impressed, he asked how the interpreter managed to get such a laugh. The interpreter admitted that he had said, “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh”
VMYJ0 TIL of Magic the Miniature Therapy horse, who routinely visited hospital patients needing comfort. She visited one patient who had not spoken for three years; Upon seeing the horse, she said ‘Isn’t she beautiful?’ It caused the staff to break out in tears
8ey1a TIL that the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River Basin is the largest watershed in the world by volume, containing more than 20% of the world’s supply of fresh surface water, and about 84% of North America’s.