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TIL: About the most remote permanent settlement on earth: Edinburgh of The 7 Seas

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Meybb TIL humans can't actually smell metal. Instead, whenever we touch metals it is a reaction between oils on our skin and the metals which we are smelling.
DQNej TIL contrary to popular belief Romans didn't forfeit Germania after the battle of Teutoburg forest, they sent 8 legions to recover their eagles and punish the Germans, after committing a minor genocide the legions were re-called over political concerns about the growing popularity of their general.
m1Ley TIL that Booth No. 17, located at New York City's Grand Central Terminal, was once the most used pay phone, if not the most used phone in general, in the world
epM6E TIL that the idea Daylight Savings Time was first started all because a New Zealand entomologist wanted more daylight just to collect insects after his shift.
QNo8a TIL that Mary Frith (c.1584–1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, was a notorious London pickpocket and fence. Defying gender roles, she dressed in men's clothes, moved in criminal circles, and became a legendary figure in the 17th-century underworld.