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TIL Petrichor is the word for the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.

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jNG6Q TIL that America is the only country that refrigerates eggs in shops
KO1ww TIL a painting worth over a $100 million, and one of the most iconic paintings of mankind's history was painted by Vincent Van Gogh while he was admitted and kept in a mental asylum. The painting depicts the view he saw from the Iron barred window in his bedroom.
e00G5 TIL the underground streetcar system in San Francisco passes through the hull of a buried ship after tunnel boring crews discovered it when extending the line in the mid 1990s
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nLEG TIL that in 2001, the island country of Niue issued several pokemon coins and is still the only country in the world that uses images of pokemon on their currency.