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TIL Blindfolded people often can’t tell the difference between the smell of Parmesan and vomit.

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4kg4o TIL that Firestar, the superhero that appeared in 'Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends' as Peter Parker's roommate, became infertile and got cancer from her powers.
B69D TIL that after the Empire State Building opened in New York City in 1931, much of its office space went unrented. It was nicknamed the “Empty State Building” by New Yorkers and didn’t become profitable until 1950.
pYnjQ TIL NATO logo does not say NATO backwards. NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. OTAN is an acronym for the French translation of that. Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord.
XEKgQ TIL biologists found that some dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico decapitate catfish before eating them in order to avoid injury from the catfish skull spines. Biologists studied a sampling of a half-kilometer trail of severed catfish heads bobbing in the wake of a dolphin pod.
gMvWy TIL Disney's Epcot Italy imports water from Pennsylvania to use in their pizza because PA water shares much of the same qualities found in Naples and it keeps it as authentic as possible