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TIL Verizon trademarked the smell of their stores, calling it "flowery musk scent".

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M7X9V TIL in 1964 AT&T debuted “Picturephone” for face to face calls. It projected 100k+ subscribers by 1975, but only ever had a few hundred. The service cost $160/mo at 25¢/min (or about $1,300/mo at $2/min adjusted for inflation in 2022)
4NbX TIL During a 12 month trial of police wearing video cameras in Rialto, CA the use of force dropped by 60% and complaints against officers dropped by 88%
R814 TIL women are subconsciously attracted to the scent of black licorice.
na9W TIL that Freddie Mercury was born into one of the few remaining families that practices Zoroastrianism. His birth name was Farrokh Bulsara and he was given a private Zoroastrian funeral after his death.
Nr01 TIL Bill Nye The Science Guy Has a Plan to Launch Laser Bees into Space to Defend Earth Against Asteroids