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TIL the metallic smell of coins isn’t from the metal but decomposing oils from our skin.

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Kw04 TIL that in 2013, the first night of Hannukah will fall on the American Thanksgiving day, 11/28/13. This has never happened before, and it will not happen again until the year 79,811.
xVL0o TIL that Teflon is the the only known material to which geckos cannot stick on
P1gVe TIL all the previous members of Three 6 Mafia have died, except Crunchy Black who was also almost murdered.
b6WY9 TIL of Bridget Cleary, an Irish woman who was burned to death by her husband on suspicion of her being a fairy changeling
6ErRX TIL tug-of-war was present at the summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920. Since a country could enter multiple clubs, the USA won all 3 medals in the sport at the 1904 Olympics.