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TIL that Mayonnaise helps save turtles rescued from oil spill as it can dilute the tar stuck in turtles' eyes, nostrils, mouths, stomachs and intestines.

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nJbB TIL that when Anne Richards was running for Governor of Texas in 1991 her opponent Clayton Williams shot himself in the foot (figuratively) by stating “ Rape is like bad weather…if it’s inevitable lay back, relax and enjoy it..”
KvnB TIL that during the Tlacaxipehualiztli (snake festival), Aztec priests skinned war prisoners and young men wore their skins during 20 days
v1rVB TIL about Hanoi Hannah, a Vietnamese radio personality who read the names of GIs that were KIA directly from the Stars and Stripes newspaper, and played popular anti-war songs to incite homesickness, attempting to persuade US GIs to go home during the Vietnam War.
Wk7RA TIL: Video game voice actors aren't always told which game they're working on
Vb44 TIL that in 2013 PayPal accidentally credited a guy’s account with $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him temporarily the richest man in the world by a million times. When PayPal admitted the error they paid a sum to a charity of the guy’s choice.