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TIL that the active ingredient of Febreze is derived from corn.

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kj8m TIL that a woman in Vancouver was found dead in a yard, she had been drugged, strangled and her hands and feet were tied behind her back. Her death was ruled a suicide.
oQ4L TIL Rich kids bragging on social media, such as Instagram, are unwittingly providing incriminating evidence for prosecutors about their parents’ fraud schemes. Cybersecurity firms say they have been using social media evidence to nail fraud and assets in up to 75 percent of their cases.
neZA9 TIL that there is a forest in France with wild wallabies. The Australian marsupials, which resemble small kangaroos, escaped from an enclosure in the 70s and have been thriving in the wild ever since.
BejW TIL the University of California (with 61 winners) has more Nobel winners than China, India, Japan, and the rest of Asia combined (with 49 laureates).
awPXM TIL that the Alfred, formally known as the Black Prince, became the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag; the precursor to the Stars and Stripes that we know today. The flag was hoisted on the Delaware River by John Paul Jones and this event was documented in letters to Congress