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TIL Honda makes a chili-infused wire wrap to deter rodents from chewing through car wiring

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Jvo4 TIL astronauts have a patch of Velcro inside their helmet so they can scratch their nose.
ANN8l TIL The Statue of Liberty is constructed with copper and originally had a red/brown color. The current green is a result of the oxidation over time. In 1907, the War Department stated that it did not intend to power wash it back to the original and it's been that way ever since.
rRr4W TIL of the Montparnasse derailment in Paris. A train entered the station too fast, crashed through a wall, and fell 33 feet before landing on its nose and killing a woman standing below. A guard was fined 25 francs as he'd been preoccupied with paperwork and failed to apply the emergency handbrake.
VBB04 TIL that more than half of the US States extend farther north than the southernmost point in Canada.
VBgb0 TIL The bacteria that cause leprosy are obligate intracellular parasites and therefore can't be cultured in vitro