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TIL the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company once sent out scratch & sniff stickers to educate the public on the smell of a gas leak, only for it to backfire when the smell of the unopened envelopes were mistaken for gas leaks.

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xM4g TIL that a truck driver without a college degree has researched and published the most accurate account of the Hiroshima atomic bomb’s design
78mKL TIL North Dakota only has one waterfall in the whole state.
gML5W TIL a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia once broadcast a story on a new kind of Krispy Kreme donut. The caption in the image behind the on-air reporter read, "So good you'll suck dick."
lwJG TIL that in 1966 a 26yr old man successfully fasted for 382 days and lost 276lbs
jnj TIL that as a boy, Michael Bay attached some firecrackers to a toy train and filmed the ensuing fiery disaster with his mother’s 8mm camera.