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TIL That Tang (the drink mix) can be used in place of detergent in your dishwasher to get rid of odors.

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nJeG TIL in 2010 a man named Dan McLaughlin quit his job to diligently train 10,000 hours in hopes of becoming a professional golfer. He’ll be done October 2016.
R8n4 TIL when Byzantine emperor Justinian II was usurped, his nose was cut off to prevent him from seeking the throne and sent to Crimea in exile. He returned to Constantinople 10 years later with a Bulgar army and a golden nose to retake his throne
JYdl8 TIL JFK and RFK had an older brother named Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. who had aspirations to become president. However, Joe Jr. was killed during a top-secret mission at age 29 during World War II.
XEAX6 TIL about Gladys West, a black woman who was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame earlier this month for creating a precise mathematical model of the Earth in the 1980's that would be critical for the development of GPS technology.
RPpQ TIL Thomas Jefferson is credited by the OED as the first person in history to use the word “Shag”, to mean “to have sex with”