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TIL Listerine was first sold as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea

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V7VB TIL James Bond villain Yaphet Kotto has expressed that the spy should not be played by a black man, saying “Political correctness be damned, we have to stay with what is literally correct. These roles are not written for black men" and “We have pens to create roles that no one else has established.”
J1Jnk TIL the Babylonian exile of the Jews was only 60 years long
0n0p TIL the only thing preventing an American from driving all the way to Argentina is a short strip of Jungle in Panama called the Darien Gap
4Xmwg TIL that electrical outlets have an average lifespan of 15-25 years. You may want to consider replacing your home outlets.
OolrL TIL according to some German soldiers interviewed after the D Day landings, the most amazing thing about the allied invasion was not the immense scale, or anything like the surprise of tanks driving out of the sea, but the fact that the allies did not need to use any horses.