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TIL old vacuum cleaners may release more bacteria and dust than they suck up

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v1MGr TIL 70% alcohol is a better disinfectant than 91% because it coagulates the protein of bacteria at a slower rate so that it penetrates all the way through the cell before coagulation of the surface can block it
87PK TIL that it is possible for human babies to learn sign language well before they are able to speak, and that this has been shown to boost language skills later in life.
D48g TIL Woodie Guthrie said of This Land is Your Land “This song is Copyrighted in U.S… and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do”
ADrQa TIL There is a third Lion King film, which is a retelling of the first film entirely from the perspective of Timon and Pumba
waeM TIL that the TV series ‘Frasier’ was very influential on Seattle. Newly wealthy software millionaires asked real-estate agents for apartments with a view of the Space Needle like what Frasier Crane has. The show helped the city’s culture to change from manufacturing and grunge to what it is today.