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TIL that there is a device called the Nasal Ranger that allows for the quantification of how smelly an odor is.

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7rZ1x TIL a man in California bought a video camera so he could capture behind-the-scenes footage of Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong filming scenes for the Terminator 2 arcade game near his home. Instead he ended up capturing the beating of a motorist: Rodney King
mZrY TIL that in 2006, teenage fans of a popular Portuguese soap opera began experiencing the physical symptoms of a fictional disease that was introduced to the characters on the show. The “outbreak” spread to over 300 people. It is considered an example of mass hysteria.
rnW0 TIL, in 1986, a sysadmin looking into a $0.75 accounting error uncovered a KGB hacker that was stealing nuclear secrets
yVW1a TIL that O.J. Simpson, few months before the murders, received "a fair amount of" military training – including the use of a knife – for a TV show, and holds a knife to the throat of a woman.
a88gN TIL that three states, Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire have no motorcycle helmet laws. Also 29 states only have an age requirement, the highest of which applies to people under the age of 25.