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TIL that big cats like tigers and cheetahs are attracted to Calvin Klein's Obsession. The Banham Zoo has requested people to drop off their perfumes due to low supplies. The fragrance has also been used in India in 2018 to catch a reported man-eating tiger.

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5Vo1p TIL a 2015 study found that exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke under extreme, unventilated conditions can cause non-cannabis-using individuals to: feel the effects of the drug, have minor problems with memory & coordination, and test positive for the drug in their blood & urine.
0d79v TIL Ted Williams and George Herbert Walker Bush met each other in combat training as naval aviators in World War II and kept a friendship after the war.
lQe7 TIL the Playboy Mansion’s Hot Tub once spawned a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.
WkrLN TIL The Village People was formed when French songwriter/producer Jacques Morali put an ad in a local trade magazine that read, "Macho Types Wanted: Must Dance And Have A Moustache."
JYw04 TIL that despite his lady's man reputation, Elvis Presley avoided intercourse with most if not all of his early girlfriends, even Priscilla before they were married. One biographer suggested that The King developed an extreme fear of STDs during his military service.