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TIL that humans are 200,000 times more sensitive to smelling rain than sharks are at smelling blood

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LkZQ9 TIL that in fall of 2018, Starbucks’ coffee was found to have connections to forced labor plantations where workers were subject to debt bondage and unsafe working conditions. This was 8 months after they were named one of the World’s Most Ethical companies for the 12th year in a row.
965M TIL that propane has no natural odor. The “propane smell” is added to propane for safety purposes.
LQLbp TIL that I went to high school with someone who won the Nobel Prize. Congratulations David!