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TIL not to clean cat urine with bleach, having forgotten that cat urine contains ammonia.

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QNMX9 TIL that a politician from the United Kingdom, John Bell, believed that he was a bird, stating that he could fly much better than a bird, because he kept his shoulders oiled. Despite his state of mind, he remained a Member of Parliament until his death in 1851.
pgBO TIL in Rocky (1976), Rocky 2 (1979), and Rocky Balboa (2006), Rocky’s pet turtles Cuff and Link were the same two turtles each time.
0dMvN TIL Super Mario is named after real-life businessman Mario Segale, who was renting out a warehouse to Nintendo. After Nintendo fell far behind on rent, Segale did not evict them but gave them a second chance to come up with the money. Nintendo succeeded and named their main character after him.
loMea TIL Bruce Dickinson (lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden) and his then-solo band drove through the front lines of war in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. They weren't protected and there were bullets flying around. They played a show for the people trapped in the city.
QN489 TIL that Nazi Field Marshal Erhard Milch, after being asked about his opinion on concentration camp atrocities, was beaten by Brigadier General Derek Mills-Roberts with his own Marshal's baton, and eventually a champagne bottle. He ultimately suffered from severe fractures to his skull.