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TIL Matthew McConaughey has not used deodorant in over 20 years

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KPd6 TIL that Marlboro cigarettes were originally designed for women. The iconic red stripe was intended to hide lipstick stains, thus making it appealing to women. When it failed to attract women, the company changed the filter color to a muted brown, slapped a cowboy on it and marketed it to men.
m14xM TIL that the oldest surviving Mormon chapel is in Worcestershire, England. It was built in 1836 by the United Brethren, who were then converted to Mormonism by Wilford Woodruff in 1840.
b9QMZ TIL Moths don't like light at all! They use moonlight to navigate by night. By keeping the moon at a constant angle, they could ensure they traveled in a straight line. Unfortunately, they now confuse electric lights with the moon and try to navigate by them so they keep going around it, confused.
BrpRr TIL During WWII the Allied forces would drop clouds of thin strips of aluminum foil from aircraft to overwhelm enemy radar in a countermeasure known as “Window.”
mEXY TIL Charles Darwin had debilitating depression that, by his own account, left him unable to do anything one out of three days.