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TIL that slugs used to be used as lubricant on wheels

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7r74x TIL: Bookworms are real insects that eat book pages
WkZWo TIL that snake oil is actually an effective inhibitor of inflammation that was disparaged by US sellers of patent medicine to the extent that snake-oil continues to have a bad name to the present day.
RKy7 TIL of “The Walkie-Talkie,” a building in London that unintentionally melted cars and changed weather patterns due to its concave design which focused a beam of light 6 times brighter sunlight and heated the pavement to nearly 250°F at certain spots.
4XOg TIL a women fabricated a story about being on the 78th floor of the south WTC after it was hit. She became the president of the WTC Survivors Network. She was in Spain during 9/11.
5klP TIL about the “Cheeseburger Law.” A bill that blocks lawsuits by people because they ate too much and got fat.