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TIL that baking soda and dish soap (hydrogen peroxide) can be used to remove the smell of skunk spray. The oxygen molecules from the hydrogen peroxide bond with the thiols compounds present in the skunk spray, completely neutralizing the odor.

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KYv4w TIL on 21 September 1956, the Grumman F-11 Tiger became the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down.
M77gm TIL of the Great Wall of Vaginas. Women from all over the world volunteered to have their genitalia set in plaster and displayed anonymously. From the Author, It is not about pornography and it is not about art or titillation but to make the sexual nonsexual and the amazement of human variety.
ADoja TIL that US territories like Puerto Rico get to vote in primaries and caucuses to help political parties choose nominees for the presidential election despite not being able to vote in the presidential election itself
ARJ4 TIL British singer Lily Allen’s 2007 single, “Alfie” is about her lazy pothead brother and how she wants him to make something of his life instead of being a bum. Her brother is Alfie Allen, better known as the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy in HBO’s “Game of Thrones”.
xVBn5 TIL the PHSCC and NOAACOC are members of the Uniformed Services of the US, but are not part of the US military.