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TIL that about half of the water on Earth is actually melted interstellar ice that is older than the Sun

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0wNpN TIL Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive
RYKQ TIL on September 2, 1666 a house caught fire in London. Mayor Thomas Bloodworth refused to permit pulling down surrounding buildings to prevent spread saying that, “a woman might piss it out,” and returned home to sleep. The fire then destroyed more than 75% of the city.
mxbny TIL: Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter became a defense consultant mostly by accident while becoming an expert in missile defense systems while trying to find new music recording technology.
KeXQ TIL in 2015 Beijing banned 2.5 million cars for two weeks to get beautiful blue skies for a World War II parade.
16WyO TIL Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was sent to Dachau concentration camp for his resistance to the Anschluss.