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TIL the chemical giant Sigma-Aldrich makes three different corpse scents for canine training, including “recently dead,” “decomposed,” and “drowned victim.”

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b6MwQ TIL Montgomery's memoirs criticised many of his wartime comrades harshly, including Eisenhower. After publishing it, he had to apologize in a radio broadcast to avoid a lawsuit. He was also stripped of his honorary citizenship of Alabama, and was challenged to a duel by an Italian lawyer.
jNoev TIL Festivus was a real holiday invented by the father of a Seinfeld writer. In their celebration, their dad would also put a clock in a bag & nail it to the wall. “I don't know what it meant...he would always say, "That's not for you to know."”
4kXoR TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was a stand-in for Bill Cosby on "The Cosby Show" for three years
x6lZ1 TIL a man sideswiped a telephone pole while his friend's head was hanging out by the window, decapitating him. He continued driving home and went to sleep, not realizing the incident.
6EjVl TIL the Avocado fact on the front page is wrong. Wild Avocados are thriving and are naturally dispersed by bird species like the Resplendent Quetzel