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

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YpAgZ TIL Cyndi lauper"s 80s hit "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a cover of the Robert Hazards song of the same name from the late 70s.
xVk60 TIL that a First Lady of the United States was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland, served as First Lady for two years until the marriage of her brother, President Grover Cleveland.
1a44P TIL that a man in Idaho went on vacation, and returned to find that a bear broke into his condo through a second story door, ate food, and defecated on his carpet. He closed the door to keep the bear away, but the bear then tried to enter through the cat door, only managing to poke its head in
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OG0X6 TIL that Joseph Stalin had absolute power to direct the wealth of the Soviet Union toward any end he wanted. The modern equivalent to what he controlled would be nearly $8.5 trillion.