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TIL WD-40 stands for “Water Displacement - 40th attempt”

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8pWZ TIL The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) turns into a nightclub/lounge at night, where you can drink and explore every gallery after hours
QNjO9 TIL a Filipino doctor discovered erythromycin but was never credited or compensated
ore7 TIL that the Disney film “The Emperor’s New Groove” was originally supposed to be a more dramatic, Lion King-style movie called “Kingdom of the Sun.”
Y91x TIL in the Roosevelt Roosevelt Room in The White House, Democratic administrations would traditionally hang a portrait of FDR, who was a Democrat, over the mantel, while Republican administrations would in turn hang a portrait of Teddy, a republican, there.
DKXY TIL that when male honey bees mate, their penises explode and they die. During the queen’s nuptial flight, she’ll mate with about a dozen partners and leave a trail of dead, penisless bees in her wake.