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

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P11YZ TIL that in 1970, a US Navy attack cargo ship accidentally hit the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, putting the bridge out of commission. For the next three weeks while it was repaired, the Navy offered commuters a free shuttle service using helicopters and Landing Craft Units.
LQQZr TIL that ~10% of the population has a congenital spine abnormality.
7raWp TIL The first openly gay doll, Gay Bob, was launched in 1977. He had a pierced ear and his box was shaped like a closet.
E5MW TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the 60,000-words-long “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” during a six-day cocaine high.
x6Jkg TIL that North and South Korean judokas teamed up to compete as the Unified Korean team at 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a historic bronze medal in the co-ed team vs. team competition