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TIL that bacteria called actinomycetes cause ‘the smell of rain.’

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KYBdB TIL that in 1538, King Henry VIII of England demolished the entire village of Cuddington in Surrey to build Nonsuch Palace. The palace had yet to be completed when Henry VIII died in 1547, and was sold to and finished by Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel in 1556.
poG8 TIL that Fred Jones from Scooby Doo is currently played by the character’s original voice actor from back in 1969.
v1RY4 TIL South Korean women are nearly 8 inches (~20cm) taller today than 100 years ago
4A4w TIL the Swiss will be voting on a measure in November that will limit top executives pay to no more than 12 times more than what the lowest salaried employee makes
Le7p TIL that William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy, was such an avid Yankees fan that his DesiLu contract contained a clause allowing him to skip work if the Yanks were playing in the World Series.