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TIL that “buttload” is an actual measurement - 126 gallons

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JYEV1 TIL that mascara got its start with coal dust and vaseline. In the early 1900's, Thomas Lyle Williams noticed his sister Mabel applying a substance after a cooking accident singed her eyebrows and lashes. In her "original formula," Mabel burned a cork and mixed the ashes with Vaseline.
BgdJW TIL Sushi was invented in China, not Japan, and was a way of preserving fish in salt.
NEe TIL the governor of Maine is against state marriage and would prefer civil unions for homosexual and heterosexual couples alike
X0OLQ TIL that there is an alternative pair of dice called Sicherman Dice, which have unusual numbers on each die, but the probability of rolling any sum (2-12) is the same as with a pair of regular dice.
9vnX TIL that a whitewater rafting company trained a flock of carrier pigeons to carry rolls of film containing pictures of the rafters back to the base to be developed and available for purchase by the end of the trip.