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TIL that in the early 2000’s people complained that their Mac laptops mysteriously started giving off the smell of really bad body odor. Turns out the culprit was an adhesive used on the keyboards that started to break down after a few years, outgassing a foul smell in the process.

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jQVp TIL in India there is a statue of Jesus where water was mysteriously dripping from its toes. Worshipers would collect and sometimes drink the ‘holy water’. A man traced the source of the water to a clogged toilet behind the wall condensing on the statue. He had to flee the country as a result.
1a4LP TIL the Sumerian language was spoken from 3000 BC all the way up until 100 AD
awgV9 TIL that after arresting a man for blowing up an airplane federal agents learned that it was not in fact a federal crime to blow up an airplane. Colorado instead charged the man for the single murder of his mother, a passenger on the plane.
b9rMp TIL all mammals are capable of dreaming (REM sleep), some birds and fish are cable of this also.
4XX7o TIL the only bloodshed in the Anglo-Swedish war occured when a Swedish general killed 30 Swedish farmers for refusing to fight.