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TIL that the CIA's Directorate of Science & Technology created the lithium-ion battery in the mid 1960s and declassified it for public sector use

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DQvre TIL 🐈 Catnip Oil performs better than Deet Against Mosquitos 🦟. It is also has no environmental impact comparatively making it a great natural solution.
ePpk TIL: In American TV there is something called “The Friday night death slot” Many canceled shows Including Firefly, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, and The Good Guys all aired in that slot.
KOg0w TIL upon being told he couldn't go to Disneyland due to security concerns, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev went berserk. He said afterwards, "Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken hold of the place that can destroy me?” Khrushchev left LA the next morning.
ADO1o TIL that scientists have engineered micromotors powered by bacteria and controlled by light
W7oB8 TIL - Some Cats Can Be Allergic to Humans