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TIL Why the Trees on Your Street Smell Like Semen

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YyYd TIL: PETA is requesting a bar in Britain change its name from “Ye olde fighting cock” to “Ye olde clever cock” to better portray chickens as the “intelligent, sensitive and social animals they are”
9wNB TIL that in 2001, a panel of wine experts gave one of the lowest possible scores to an average-priced Bordeaux that was served in a cheap bottle. When it was served in an expensive bottle, it received one of the highest possible scores.
9M4p TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator is 3 years older than Microsoft Windows
LQgVr TIL - The Mona Lisa, one of the most famous paintings in the world, was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911? The painting was missing for two years before it was finally recovered in Italy. This theft contributed to the painting's fame and made it even more popular.
kO9aB TIL the Incas referred to their civilization as “The Four Regions”. Despite lacking a writing system, livestock, wheel technology and currency, they covered more territory than any other pre-Colombian society.