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TIL a chemical compound was found to make human "invisible" to mosquitoes, instead of repelling them

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x6eZk TIL as recently as 2011, Dr Pepper ran an ad campaign with the slogan “Dr Pepper: IT’S NOT FOR WOMEN”. There was even a Facebook page that only men could access, where men would shoot at “girlie” things like flowers and rainbows.
QNnnL TIL about Nadia Popovici, a hockey fan that saved an opposing coach by identifying his skin cancer
5VXPB TIL that the American/Canadian cities called "Carlsbad" were named for the presence of mineral water springs, honoring the Bohemian spa city Karlovy Vary, or Karlsbad in German.
yoVp TIL Bryan Cranston played two different Power Ranger villains in 1993
loOe1 TIL that Disney passed on the script of "Back to the Future", saying the idea of a mother falling in love with her son was contrary to the company's longtime traditional family-friendly image