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TIL the scent of rain is called “Petrichor”

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PYx1V TIL That in 1978 a radio station accidentally played "Imaginary Lover" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section at the wrong RPM, causing it to sound just like Stevie Nicks. Stevie Nicks eventually heard about it, and played the record at the increased speed for bandmates, who all believed it was her singing.
8aOv8 TIL There is a Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus. It covers a part of Belarusian history which is mainly excluded from current Belarusian official historiography by presenting recordings of inhabitants who report on their personal experiences with Repression during the Soviet time
xEm7 TIL 70% of Americans hate their jobs.
n1nd TIL the Romans had a December holiday of merrymaking and gift-giving from 500 BC.
DlEj TIL that a town in Japan painted a broken phone booth white so that people in grief can send messages to lost loved ones.