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TIL: John Paul DeJoria, founder of Paul Mitchell Hair Products, also founded Patrón Tequila.

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d8YL7 TIL that oranges can spray fire. This happens because inside the peel is a oil called D-limonene. You can use this to help light fire pit or even show of some tricks like a bartender.
OG61L TIL - Cochlear Implants have Bluetooth, An App and can function like Earbuds.
6Wgw TIL: the word “thug” is derived from the Cult of Thuggee in India, who were hired assassins who killed 2,000,000 people and were only stopped when the British arrived with modern crime detection methods in the 1830’s
oBGnr TIL that prior to making Finding Nemo, Pixar's in-house art team was required to take Marine Biology, Oceanography, Ichthyology, and Scuba Diving Classes in order to get the look & feel of the characters and their world just right.
Yp8BZ TIL on November 10, 1903. Mary Anderson invented an automatic car window cleaning device controlled from within the car, called the "Windshield Wiper".