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TIL Dumb Ways to Die, the world’s most shared Public Service Announcement (PSA), hit the internet in November 2012. The public service announcement campaign was launched by Metro Trains Melbourne to promote rail safety.

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R7n84 TIL that the phrase piggy bank doesn’t come from the animal the jar represents, but from the old word pygg which is clay used to make crockery. If this jar cracked and couldn’t hold liquids, people would use them as their own personal banks.
Vrn4 TIL the only known smell that males are more sensitive to is bourgeonal - the chemical that gives the Lily of the Valley its scent. Incidentally, it also helps sperm swim faster.
0dJPL TIL INTERLINGUA is an auxiliary language that every Romance language (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian) speaker can easily understand without ever studying, thanks to these languages' common Latin roots.
XEmD6 TIL There is no such thing as a Right brain/Left brain personality divide. A 2013 brain scan study from the University of Utah, demonstrated that activity is similar on both sides of the brain regardless of one’s personality.
J1j18 TIL The worlds largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas is 35% longer and 127% wider than Titanic.