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TIL cellphones are 10 times dirtier than toilet seats

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On5e TIL the American spelling of aluminum (as opposed to aluminium in other countries) is the result of a misspelling by the inventor of a refinement process named Charles Martin Hall. The process was so revolutionary that the spelling stuck.
Gv45 TIL that in 2007 an execution by lethal injection took so long that the condemend was given a bathroom break.
9YGlr TIL that, as of 2010, Paul McCartney was making $400,000 to $600,000 a year from "Wonderful Christmastime"
PKdn TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar’s home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.
xj6b TIL That on the final Mercury Flight, astronaut Gordo Cooper’s capsule lost all power. He had to manually bypass the control system to fire the retro rockets and drogue chute and use his wrist watch for time and stars for reference points. It was the most accurate landing to that point in history.