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TIL space smells like “seared steak” or “hot metal” to astronauts returning from spacewalks.

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n0P7 TIL your mouth is made of the same skin cells as a vagina.
N7XZP TIL China has 151 cities with a metro population of at least a million. Shanghai at 44.2 million has a larger population than the entire state of California.
kJAL4 TIL that Yale alumni occupied the presidency and/or vice presidency continuously from 1981 to 2009
kJwXg TIL dogs don't just sled - they were traditionally used to pull carts for delivering supplies and carrying people. They can still be found as a novelty in parts of Europe for children's rides, or as an attraction, and there is even a whole dog sport called carting for the most impressive pullers!
Me8aV TIL the poster for ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ features only one girl who doesn’t appear in the movie.