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TIL Silicone oil leaches out of remote control buttons and gradually makes the controller less responsive

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KplG TIL-Don’t be a Sucker-1947 after WW2 the US created as video to educate its citizens not to fall for similar tactics that the Nazis used to divide and conquer Germany
N7Grb TIL dry counties (counties where the sale of alcohol is banned) have a drunk driving fatality rate ~3.6 times higher than wet counties.
R7DO8 TIL That former astronaut Scott Parazynski took a moon rock to the top of Mount Everest. He took the moon rock and a rock from the top of Mount Everest and gave them to then current astronaut George Zamka. He then took both rocks into space on the International Space Station.
l7OeG TIL fur coats and clothing can be donated to wildlife rehabilitation centers and animal sanctuaries across the country, which use the fur to provide familiar comfort, warmth, and enrichment to injured, orphaned, and rescued wildlife.
GMg7 TIL Prostitution is legal in India but associated activities like pimping and owning a brothel is not.