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TIL we have a good idea of what other planets would smell like based on their atmospheric composition. Venus and Mars would smell like rotten eggs, while Uranus is odorless.

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Kd59 TIL Neil Young said “Piracy is the new radio. That’s how music gets around”
5Y5PB TIL that Porphyria, a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth and peculiar behaviour, is thought to be the basis of the vampire legend
yV8Xe TIL about the Oceanic White Tip, the only shark to be known to deliberately prey upon humans (as opposed to biting them).
6EM07 TIL almost all life on earth was destroyed around 2.4 billion years ago in the Oxygen Catastrophe (aka Great Oxidation Event). Photosynthesizing microorganisms pumped massive amounts of oxygen into the previously oxygen-poor atmosphere, making it oxygen rich. Most species perished, new ones arose.
9njG TIL that goats can eat poison ivy with no ill effects. There are farmers that rent out goats to clear parks, golf courses and historical sites without using chemicals and herbicides.