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TIL that WD-40 stands for "water displacement, formulation successful in 40th attempt"

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GYA6G TIL that because a patch of clovers usually contains around 10,000 plants in 13 square feet, you only have to search an area around the size of an office desk to find a four leaf clover.
e555 TIL: The name for Seattle’s “South Lake Union Trolley - the S.L.U.T.” was changed when officials belatedly realized the acronym.
7LQZ TIL no one knows what Algeria’s intelligence chief Mohamed Mediène, reportedly the most powerful man in the country, looks like - no clear public photo of him exists
Ypnxd TIL that even though almost all planes were grounded during 9/11, there was one non military plane flying after the FAA ordered all planes to land. This one plane was carrying snake anti venom to Florida to save a snake handler’s life after he had gotten bit by a Taipan snake
4Rvb TIL Families of People Executed Because of Their Tiananmen Square Activities Were Sent a Bill for the Ammunition Used by the Chinese Govt.