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9YjXm TIL That WD-40 is called WD-40 because It took Rocket Chemical Company 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out.
wLerJ TIL then 13 year-old Danielle Lei, a Girl Scout in San Francisco, was the first Girl Scout to make news by selling cookies outside a marijuana dispensary. She sold 117 boxes in 2 hours.
P1gGZ TIL in WW2, the US made 1.5 million Purple Heart medals because so many casualties were expected from the invasion of Japan. As this never happened, they are still using that stockpile of medals.
WkRdA TIL that there is a replica of ark of covenant in Ethiopia at Saint George in Lalibela.
x6Nx7 TIL in treatment studies, the placebo effect is sometimes enhanced when a participant taking a placebo has regular appointments with a researcher, especially in elderly people who are more reclusive.