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TIL Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The scent is from water interacting with plant oils.

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mxWep TIL that in the non-canonical Acts of Thomas that Jesus Christ sells his twin brother Judas Thomas into slavery in order to trick him into going to India.
9ElG TIL that during the warring states period, the Han sent a water engineer to Qin to build an excessively expensive and pointless canal in order to drain their rival’s funds. However, the canal was a massive success and even today the area is very fertile.
BOrx TIL the song “Schism” by Tool has 47 changes in time signature throughout its runtime.
m1mEv TIL that Henry Ford refused for years to make any significant improvements to the Model T. When his designers surprised him with a new prototype, he destroyed it in front of them with his bare hands.
QNJME TIL that Frank Abagnale Jr, the subject of the Steven Spielberg movie Catch Me If You Can starring Leo DiCaprio, may have falsified the main details and scams in the movie as he was in prison from age 17-20 in NY when most of these scams were to have taken place. Making the movie his biggest scam.