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TIL that cleaning a wound with rubbing alcohol is actually harmful to the skin.

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kDoW TIL that police in northern Italy conducted the most expensive manhunt in Italian history in order to find the murderer of a 13 year old girl.
pXe4 TIL a Russian family, fleeing Soviet persecution, lived isolated in the forest for 40 years, and had no idea that WW2 had happened until their discovery in 1978
LMNP TIL an Islamic sect had been living in an 8-story underground bunker for more than 10 years including 20 children, some of which had never seen the light of day
e09y6 TIL that the scientific name of a llama is, Lama glama.
70Mp TIL there is a satellite orbiting Earth that is predicted to re-enter the atmosphere in 8.4 million years, carrying a message addressed to the beings/humans and civilizations of the future.