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TIL electric razors are supposed to be oiled

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VBWxm TIL A cog is not a gear, but a single tooth on a gear. This makes the phrase "a cog in a machine" that much more demeaning.
OoedR TIL that putting Mercury in contact with an Aluminium plate triggers a process called amalgamation. As the Mercury penetrates the Aluminium, strands of Aluminium Oxide start to ‘grow’ out of the plate, forming some pretty wacky structures.
gBA4 TIL that Keira Knightley played the role of Sabé, the handmaiden of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in Star Wars: Episode 1. The two girls looked so alike in full makeup that even their own mothers had difficulty telling them apart on set.
8e7RX TIL that the echidna urethra starts as a single tube, but toward the end of the penis it splits into two and each of these then splits again – resulting in each of the four branches ending up at one of the four glans.
YeNA TIL that (according to polls) Americans believe violent crime is getting worse & worse; when really U.S. violent crime is at or near All-time lows