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TIL that people used to clean their clothes with gasoline. Requiring PSA’s warning people against it.

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XEPp8 TIL that Argentina was given it name because it was thought that the country was gonna be rich in silver, Argentum being the Latin name for silver, ironically Argentina was rich is many minerals except Silver.
Br5kr TIL that the first corn whiskey (the predecessor of bourbon) was produced in 1620
geML TIL Belize was once ruled by a “snake dynasty.” A 1,300-year-old burial chamber holds the clues to a forgotten empire.
kJxK5 TIL before becoming Queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Liliʻuokalani, was inspired to write "Aloha 'Oe" ("Farewell to Thee") by a notable farewell embrace she witnessed when her party was leaving the Boyd ranch between Colonel James Harbottle Boyd & either her sister or a young lady at the ranch.
gorb TIL The real Frank Abegnale Jr. made a cameo in “Catch Me If You Can” as the French police officer who takes Leo DiCaprio into custody.