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TIL, bleach mixed with water is only potent for about one day

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e08L4 TIL in 1955, a local Sears store in Colorado Springs, CO, had an ad stating children can call Santa on Christmas Eve. The phone number listed was misprinted, and calls were directed to NORAD; thus starting a yearly tradition
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xV1lw TIL that Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle attended a dinner party held by an editor looking for content. They each promised to contribute to his magazine. The results of that evening? The Picture of Dorian Gray and the second, franchise-cementing Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four.
J1yXB TIL that McDonald’s serves spaghetti in the Philippines which comes with a side of “McDo” fried chicken.