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TIL Oil companies dumped gasoline in rivers before it was popular to use as a fuel.

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VMv7D TIL that the first color 3-D feature film from a major studio was House of Wax in 1953, which was directed by Andre DeToth, who only had one eye
LQL7d TIL that Saltwater Swimming Pools aren't very salty and that there is a widespread misconception that they do not use chlorine. In fact, saltwater pool water is only mildly salty (barely taste-able) and has similar chlorine levels as a regular chlorinated pool.
4XwVN TIL The Commonwealth of Kentucky didn't take the word "darkies" out of their official state song until 1986.
Mej8K TIL when Python Lee Jackson first released "In a Broken Dream", their single with Rod Stewart vocals, in 1970, the song failed to chart. But when they re-released the song in 1972, after Stewart became a star, the song reached #3 on the UK single chart.
7r6VL TIL that half of all Americans don't change their underwear daily