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TIL WD-40 was originally designed to protect the exterior of Atlas Missiles from water and corrosion. It worked so well that employees started to sneak it home to use on other things.

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8RkV TIL Willem DaFoe was expelled from high school for making a porno
5yxk TIL In 2008 a Japanese man noticed his food going missing, so he set up a webcam and found that a woman had been living in his closet for a year.
aw7Ro TIL of Fazal Din, a British Indian Army soldier who was impaled by the sword of a Japanese officer . He pulled out the sword, killed the officer who stabbed him and another enemy soldier, destroyed an entire enemy position, and walked 25 yards with a hole in his chest to deliver his report.
0de4v TIL over 30% of the US population lives in four states: California, Texas, Florida, New York.
VnPQ TIL that to prevent the Germans from guessing that Enigma had been cracked, the British claimed to be using an infrared camera to locate U-boats. They were delighted to learn that the Germans responded by developing a special paint for submarines.