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TIL Cilantro haters can’t smell the same scent cilantro lovers do, from the herb. Instead they taste unsaturated aldehydes which are present.

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loMdG TIL that the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups, its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
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