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TIL "Old People Smell" is caused by a molecule called 2-nonenal, which is secreted by ageing skin

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mxMGE TIL the Ashera is the world's most expensive domestic cat. The cat was developed by a British businessman in 2007 by cross-breeding two wild cats and a domestic cat. The size of a small dog, the Ashera can sell for as much as $125,000.
R8kj TIL that if the High Court in New Delhi, India goes through its cases at a rate of 4 minutes and 55 seconds per case, it will finish its backlog in 466 years.
78Wg7 TIL closed-cup white mushrooms, common in supermarkets, are all descended from one mutant Agaricus Bisporus (usually brown) mushroom found in 1925.
R571Q TIL that Gift cards from Big Companies expire because of the accounting problem. Companies like Amazon, use accrual accounting. They enter the value of the Gift cards that are sold as Liabilities, specifically "Prepaid-Sales" Liability which affects their Revenue. Hence they have "Service Charge".
RvZl TIL Darrell of “Storage Wars” once found a murdered corpse in a unit!