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TIL that hanging your laundry in the direct sunlight isn't always good. Sun drying can damage clothes by causing the colour to fade and the ultraviolet rays are strong enough to break down fabric bonds as well.

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p8NRb TIL Organisms that live around hydrothermal vents do not rely on sunlight and photosynthesis. Instead, archaea, the first living organisms in existence, use a process called chemosynthesis to reduce toxic minerals and chemicals into nutrients.Without them, no multicellular life would exist on Earth.
W7JQ9 TIL that Matthew Perry was the youngest one of the six-member cast of "Friends", being given the role of Chandler Bing at the age of 24.
W7Gl8 TIL about the Republic of Winston, a county that, during the American Civil War, attempted to secede from the state of Alabama. Their thinking was, " if a state could secede from the Union, then a county could secede from the state."
4kNga TIL a 19th century self-help movement called “Ralstonism” (named after author Everett Ralston) convinced the Purina Mills folks to rename their company Ralston-Purina. The name “Everett Ralston” was a pseudonym and the man never existed.
mx5Ex TIL that farmers are losing their right to repair their equipment because of all computers and software inside of them