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TIL that ancient Romans used urine to clean their clothes because the ammonia in urine acted as a natural detergent

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16DL7 TIL due to complicated naming schemes of imperial japan's millitary aviation, the U.S introduced nicknames to make identification easier. One such nickname was inspired by "blisters" on a bomber reminding the official of a "well-endowed female friend", Betty.
wL558 TIL While filming Predator, Jesse Ventura was delighted to find out from the wardrobe department that his arms were 1” bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. He suggested to Arnold they measure arms, winner gets a bottle of champagne. Ventura lost, as Arnold set this up with the wardrobe department
b9b80 TIL Death Row Records released a Christmas Album in 1996 called “Christmas on Death Row” including songs from Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and Nate Dogg.
Y7PlW TIL that Canada's Dempster Highway, the only public road to cross the Arctic Circle, once had a 109-mile stretch called Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road. Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road was purely made of ice and could only be operated, especially by large trucks, during the winter as the river below was frozen.
4XOYN TIL if the Andromeda Galaxy were brighter, it would be larger in the sky than the Moon