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TIL - ‘Petrichor’ is the word for 'the smell of rain.’ Petrichor is caused by the oil exuded by plants during dry times to slow seed growth being washed into the air by the rain.

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DQVZV TIL - Former Formula 1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen drove a hearse for his family’s funeral home after leaving racing.
jbPE TIL Lorillard Tobacco Company used to hand out Newport cigarettes to black children in playgrounds
W1K8 TIL the old man who masturbates to Natalie Portman on the subway in Black Swan and the guy who yells “ass-to-ass” in Requiem for a Dream are played by the same actor. The character is credited as “Uncle Hank” in both of them.
XAMr TIL the castle from the Rocky Horror Picture Show is now a hotel that you can spend the night in!
Lkx8r TIL that Terminator and Aliens actor Michael Biehn was in the running to play the lead role in Tim Burton’s Batman