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TIL that wasp spray is considered to be a more effective self-defense tool than pepper spray. It is cheap, easy to find, can shoot up to 20 ft away from the intended target, is highly accurate, and has the same desired effect when sprayed in the eyes.

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E1YOp TIL that American wine had a terrible reputation until an event in 1976, called the Judgment of Paris. Wine industry luminaries blind tasted California and renowned French wines, side by side, and scored them. Surprisingly, the winning red and white wines were both from California.
k6JE TIL archaeologists excavating a Roman city found remains of close to 100 infants who were smothered and cast into a sewer that ran beneath a brothel. It believed infanticide was a widely used method of limiting family size in ancient Rome
Br4Ee TIL that in Canada the winner of a sweepstakes is required by law to correctly answer a skill testing question, usually math related, in order to receive the prize.
oBRJr It all depends on the size, physical fitness and hydration of the person in question, but it’s possible to sweat buckets before heatstroke sets in and we pass out. After all, there are about three million sweat glands on the human body (the highest concentration is on our palms), and the average person aggressively working out perspires about 0.7 to 1.5 liters per hour. Theoretically, if we were attached to a treadmill and pumped full of liquids, it’s possible to keep sweating forever.
KOGkQ TIL Nazi Officials often got "sadistic" Nazi's to carry out the brutal killings of POW and Jews. This dates back to Genghis Khan's time when he gave his enemies a choice to surrender to avoid the psychological impact that was placed on a soldier.