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Today I learned that WD-40 stands for Water Displacing oil number 40!

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gN58 TIL of the deadliest volcanic eruption in history: the effects of the Icelandic volcano Laki killed 25% of the Icelandic population, at least 23,000 people in Britain, more deaths in Europe, freak weather for a year, and may have caused a famine in Egypt which killed 1/6th of Egypt’s population.
ODEL TIL that the element Francium is so rare, that only 30 grams of it exists within the earth’s crust.
g6Dy TIL that Ice-T is responsible for the infamous line “… I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain’t one”, not Jay-Z.
nNn9 TIL Gili Trawangan, a small mainly Muslim Island that is harsh on alcohol, openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips
v1bgL TIL a man was arrested because he was pissed off at Bank of America for freezing his account leaving him peniless, that he placed a bag of his own urine and fish bait to rot into their Safety Deposit Box as a form of justice.