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TIL that whale oil was used in transmission fluid in automobiles until the late 1970s.

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JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.
v1RmB TIL the song 'Die Eier Von Satan' by Tool is just a cookie recipe read very aggressively auf Duetsche.
epMJn TIL that the "microwave-safe" label on plastic containers only means they won't melt or warp, and doesn't guarantee that chemicals won't leach into your food when heated
6KpQ TIL that according to a 2000 study from Carnegie Mellon University, 87% of the U.S. Population can be uniquely identified using only date of birth, gender, and ZIP code.
nWmB TIL that paper as we know it today (from wood pulp) was invented by a Canadian.