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TIL Lysol was the main form of contraceptive in the early 1900’s

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oBVkE TIL that most aerosol cans have a little dot painted on the rim that, when aligned with the nozzle, help you get every last drop of the product out before you run out of propellant. There’s a curved straw inside that runs down the edge of the can and that dot lines up with the bottom of that straw.
VM1YB TIL After bombing Pearl Harbor, a Japanese Pilot crashed on the nearby Ni'ihau Island, part of Hawaii. The local Japanese American residents freed the captured pilot, stole ammunitions, and took hostages. This was cited as a reason why Japanese internment camps were needed during WWII.
Y7Y5B TIL that last year the tallest mountain in Colorado was renamed Mount Blue Sky (from Mount Evans)
wLlao TIL Sunflower roots are edible both raw or cooked. They are easy to grow and disease-free through heat and drought. [Sunchokes taste similar to water chestnuts and jicama.]
e0LE6 TIL that Lois Duncan, the author of I Know What You Did Last Summer, abandoned writing YA horror/thrillers (a genre she is largely responsible for popularising) after her own daughter was murdered in a still-unsolved case.