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TIL the “W-D” in WD-40 stands for Water Displacement.

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KYgN9 TIL That firearms manufacturer Beretta commissioned a custom Model 92 handgun called the Diamond Beretta. With almost 1200 gemstones embedded in the grip the handgun, which is stored in the Beretta museum, has an estimated value of over $300 000 USD.
gArX TIL that in 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italy’s independence, volunteered his services to President Abraham Lincoln and was offered a Major General’s commission in the U.S. Army. His sole condition: that the war’s objective be declared as the abolition of slavery.
l755B TIL 'Irregardless' Was Added To Merriam-Webster's Dictionary In 1934
4kMag TIL the Yangtze River in China dumps so much sediment into the ocean that it dyes coastal waters brown. In the winter, ocean currents stir up deposited sediment on the seabed extending the color even further out to sea.
wLejY TIL Margot Robbie initially thought the script for I, Tonya was fiction. She wasn't aware of Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan or anything to do with the knee-bashing incident. Since there was no one who could match Tonya's skating technique they had to handle it with visual effects