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TIL After being shot, kicked, and spat upon, the bodies of Benito Mussolini and his mistress were hung upside down on meathooks from the roof of an Esso gas station. The bodies were then stoned by civilians from below. NSFW

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R7kMl TIL that the word "essential" in "essential oil" doesn't mean "important," but rather "the essence of". So oil of clove smells like clove, capturing the "essence" of the plant, and therefore can be called an essential oil.
GAQ0J TIL the longest continuous flight in history wasn't at all what I expected. Not some ultra rich guy in a luxury aircraft refuelling mid-air. Not some government's flying fortress hiding sensitive technology and/or gathering intel. Nope just two guys in a tiny Cessna promoting a casino.
rNmo0 TIL an standard American football field is 53.3 yards wide. For more than 50 years I thought it was 50 yards wide.
nelNP TIL about Ashpan Annie, who survived catastrophic explosion in Halifax, Canada in 1917 as a baby, protected from the explosion by an iron stove and kept warm for over 24 hours by the ashes. Annie lived to be 95.
neov9 TIL that when temperatures drop in their habitat, since the bacteria that lets them digest their food is temperature dependent, sloths may starve to death on a full stomach, because they cannot process the food ingested.