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

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woADP TIL that Beluga Whales can mimic the pattern of human speech. One captive beluga, after overhearing divers using an underwater communication system, caused one of the divers to surface by imitating their order to get out of the water.
jxwa TIL that a korean woman has failed her driving test 771 times
ANb0w TIL that, according to his daughter, in 1996 Reuben Mattus sat at his kitchen table for hours saying nonsensical Danish-sounding words until he came up with his brand name, Häagen-Dazs
XERRk TIL that a study shows that a man who is 5’6” needs to earn $175,000 per year more than a 6 foot man to be “equally desirable”
E1OLW TIL a legal loophole in the UK allows alcohol to be sold without a license on a train in motion. An unlicensed distillery exploited this by setting up in a disused railway building, obtaining a steam train, and selling gin to customers while they road it back and forth from the distillery.