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TIL: Bleach solution needs to be remade daily to retain effectiveness, even at a 1:9 ratio.

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jVrR TIL: There are so many different varieties of apples that if you tried a new variety everyday it would take you over 20 YEARS to try them all!
1axyO TIL that Roald Dahl author of charlie and the chocolate factory and Matilda was the author behind the screenplay for "You only live twice" despite having no experience writing a screenplay except for a movie unfinished called "The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling"
8aa4 TIL high heels were originally worn by men in the Near East because it helped to keep their feet in a horse’s stirrups
grv7b TIL a basking shark capsized a sailing boat and drowned 3 people
DQBpv TIL: In 1916, Mary murdered a homeless man by crushing his head. She was then hung from a crane as she was a 5 ton elephant. An autopsy discovered that she had a severely infected tooth and that might have been the cause of the murderous rage.