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TIL catnip makes a better mosquito repellent than DEET

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gBLy TIL that the records for the longest elevator fall to be survived (75 stories) and the highest fire to be brought under control (80 stories) were both set when a B-25 flew into the Empire State Building.
x6495 TIL about the Ludlow Massacre when a corporation used the National Guard to kill the company's employees for daring to strike
AD61B TIL there is no such thing as "South Detroit". "South Detroit would be Windsor, ON, Canada.
VMgdZ TIL Liechtenstein and Haiti developed identical national flags independently of each other. No one realized until the two countries competed against each other in the 1936 Summer Olympics under the same flag.
e06Pg TIL In 2001, Tony Kirwan quit his job as an electrician and founded Destiny Rescue, a nonprofit dedicated to getting children out of sex slavery. Since 2011, the organization has rescued almost 2,000 children.