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TIL that mouthwash Listerine is named after Joseph Lister, an early pioneer of antiseptic medicine.

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x69E7 TIL a professional football team from Wales included a clause in a players contract he must have a “physical liaison” with a sheep.
d8dQr TIL that porcupines sometimes fall out of trees and injure themselves on their own quills. As a result, they have evolved to produce a topical antibiotic on their quills to protect against infection from self-wounds.
PYGBO TIL that for 15 years, Sweden thought enemy submarines were invading their waters, but it turned out to be farting herrings. Shoals were huge enough for the collective flatulence to register on military radar, producing sounds and small bubbles which were mistakenly identified as Russian subs.
YAAv TIL many ethnic Koreans in Japan send their kids to North Korean-funded schools that teach allegiance to NK, despite their families having lived in Japan for generations. The Japanese government tolerates the schools’ existence. In past decades many ethnic Koreans emigrated to NK, unable to return.