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TIL there’s a word for the smell of earth after rain… ‘Petrichor’

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1dOX TIL Daniel Craig finished writing the Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” because of the 2008 Writers Strike. Also it has absolutely nothing at all in common with the short story it gets its name from.
b1rZ TIL that there is a sausage restaurant in Regensburg, Germany which has been in business for over 900 years. That means they were selling sausages well before the Inca Empire existed and are still serving 6,000 sausages a day.
neeWY TIL The first song featured on the very first Kidz Bop album was All Star by Smashmouth
QPDd TIL that on April Fool’s Day 1997, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek swapped shows for the day.
yVrJv TIL that in women’s Olympic gymnastics, under the ‘perfect 10’ scoring system seven female gymnasts attained a perfect 10. The scoring system was changed in 2006 and no one has been awarded a perfect score since.