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TIL The universe has a distinct smell. Astronauts describe it as a mix of hot metal, welding fumes, and seared steak.

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5Pw9 TIL There was a con artist who was so good, he sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice.
epkx5 TIL Although Inuit make up the public majority population of Nunavut, Canada, Inuktut instruction does not go past Grade 4 in schools. Instead, the primary language of instruction is English, a minority language
xV0A0 TIL in 1970 Nike offered Spencer Haywood either $100,000 or 10 percent of the company in exchange for promoting the company’s shoes. He chose the 100k over the stock that would be worth $8.6 billion today
9YEw7 TIL of 'Heaven's Gate' (religious group), who had participated in a mass suicide of 39 of its members (a coordinated series of ritual suicides) in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.
4KkN TIL Gandhi married at the age of 13. Recalling his wedding, he once said “We didn’t know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets and playing with relatives.” He first became a father at 15 in spite of his wife spending most of her time at her mothers.