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TIL that The smell of fresh-cut grass is a signal of distress.

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ep4rg TIL the Iroquois had many official Thanksgivings including Midwinter Thanksgiving, the Maple or Sugar-Making Thanksgiving, the Raspberry Thanksgiving, the Strawberry Thanksgiving, the Corn Planting, the Corn Hoeing, and the Complete Thanksgiving for the Harvest
jNOBv TIL: An old building in Turin recently updated its look by getting a belly-button piercing. The huge ring-and-ball piercing is bleeding a little: painted-on red blood on one side, blue on the other. It's said to be a temporary art piece.
BZAx TIL of the “Socrates Problem”, meaning that there is no evidence that Socrates ever wrote anything, philosophical or biological.
EdAo TIL Jane Goodall to this day is the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society
LJKv TIL Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Tic Tac mints, has never held a press conference, even to announce its annual results. Michele Ferrero (the founder’s son) had only once given an interview.