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TIL that comets smell like rotten eggs because they have hydrogen sulfide

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ZpvLD TIL that the bodies of Tibetan Monks who die in deep meditation do not show the normal signs of death and do not decompose until sometimes weeks after death. This is called Tukdam.
e0my4 TIL there’s a laser procedure which breaks up brown eye pigment (melanin) in the iris. It effectively changes one’s eye color from brown to blue, since blue eyes exist under all brown eyes.
xVdQb TIL of the ‘Window Tax’, where people were taxed based on the number of windows they had on their houses. This was used in the 18th century as a simple method to calculate tax obligations. However, many people bricked up their windows, leading to health problems.
160k8 TIL of Kurt Gerstein, a Nazi officer who tried to alert the world of the Holocaust while it was happening by sending detailed reports to Swedish, Swiss, Dutch and Catholic officials. These were largely ineffective and he died by suicide in 1945
vPM1r TIL that in the 1920s, a soap company boosted sales by creating the first-ever radio soap opera,sponsoring daily drama episodes specifically to target housewives and build brand loyalty.