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TIL Duct tape is significantly more effective (85% vs 60%) than cryotherapy for removal of the common wart.

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aw6WL TIL Leonardo DiCaprio’s haircut from Titanic was outlawed by the Taliban
5men TIL early firefighters weren’t paid with cash, instead they first grabbed all valuable items out of the victims house or business, then would sell those items or keep them for themselves.
neQGB TIL The Germans possessed the largest calibered rifled weapon ever used in combat. It was a railway mounted artillery gun that weighted 1.3 million kilograms (3 million pounds) and was capable of firing a 7,000kg (15,000lb) shell 47 kilometers (29 miles). It was destroyed by the Germans in 1945.
xVOR7 TIL the only commercial Elvis ever made, was for Southern Maid donuts.
JY4Q4 TIL: Napoleon seriously considered using a fleet of troop-carrying balloons as part of his proposed invasion force of Britain in the 1805 but backed out due to dangerous winds.