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TIL Third nostril is actually your eyes

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16Jw8 TIL the historical meridian marker in Greenwich is actually off by about 100 metres because the unevenness in the mass of the Earth bends the light of the stars that were used to calculate it
8ee9L TIL frankincense and myrrh are derived from the hardened resin of desert dwelling plants. The resin gets its aroma from antibacterial chemicals meant to protect the plant from infection.
j5Np TIL a Canadian-based company, as a joke, started selling canned fresh air, but the product became lucrative when marketed in China. They package compressed air from the Rocky Mountains into aluminum cans that sell for $10-$20 each.
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WkLJN TIL that Ukraine means "borderland" in both Russian and Polish.