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TIL there were more American casualties on the last morning of WW1 (3,560) than on Omaha Beach (≈2,000)

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kOo64 TIL That every single Holiday Inn has a signature scent. In a recent rebranding, IHG decided to purchase air fresheners in all 1145, using a scent described as “Notes of Jasmine, mixed with Wood, and Honeysuckle.”
e0lXJ TIL that the red liquid seeping out of a cooked rare steak isn’t blood. It is in fact a mixture of a protein called ‘Myoglobin’ and water. Myoglobin helps muscle tissue store oxygen and just like Hemoglobin, contains iron that turns red when it binds with oxygen.
gMGjW TIL that there are apocalypse guidestones in Georgia with rules on how to rebuild society in 8 languages.
ywlM TIL of a Black Sabbath tribute band that dresses up in McDonald’s character costumes and sing black sabbath songs with the lyrics changed to sing about food. They are called “Mac Sabbath”.
rRgG0 TIL King Richard Lionheart had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city of Acre beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191.