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

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E1DKd TIL the Unisphere, built in Queens, NY for the 1964 World’s Fair, had lights representing the capitals of the nations of the world, including one indicating the location of the Kahnawake Indian Reservation for the Mohawk Indians who helped build the monument.
LQjkr TIL about Haboobs. Derived from the Arabic word haab, which means wind or blow, haboobs are massive dust and sand storms that move through hot and dry regions, common in the desert southwest.
9mjD TIL a dog caused 3 deaths when it fell out of a window. It landed on a woman, killing her, shocked onlookers were hit by a bus and one died, and a man who saw it all had a fatal heart attack.
X0ZNQ TIL When Stephen King published Joyland in 2013, a Canadian author who had earlier published a novel of the same name started receiving royalty checks because of King fans mistakenly buying her book
QJQYe TIL that James Cameron altered just one scene of the night sky when Rose is on the raft because according to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the star field Rose sees wasn't accurate for the time and place. Cameron asked him for the correct one and changed it for the Titanic re-release in 2012.