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

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VM4bk TIL the first gladiatorial game of Ancient Rome was held in the city's cattle market in 264 BCE, where funeral celebrations for a former consul included combat between six war captives. Initially competitions of courage to honor the dead, gladiator matches were not publicly sponsored for 160 years.
BgGRL TIL that the first ever global satellite broadcast aired live on 25 June 1967, featuring the Beatles performing “All You Need Is Love” to 400 million people. The song opened with with the first few bars of the French national anthem and closed with snippets of Bach and Glenn Miller.
gMpZ8 TIL that birds aren't just descendent from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs. They evolved specifically from small, carnivorous theropods
Pk8J TIL Pixar’s ‘Cars’ movie only made $462M in theaters but has since grossed more than $8 billion in merchandising.
6EVOQ TIL Peter Jackson has a secret passage in his house that leads to an underground reconstruction of Bag End.