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TIL New Mexico is the first (and so far only) US state to have an official "state aroma", the scent of roasting green chiles.

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vPwRr TIL Chocolate can be deadly for dogs because it contains theobromine, which they cannot effectively metabolize.
YpAMA TIL that the closest living relative of all whales is the hippopotamus. Whales evolved from a terrestrial(land) animal, this is the reason whales can't breathe under water like fishes and need to come up for air. They literally evolved backwards, but in the process have the become the largest mammal
XEJMj TIL during WWII the British government distributed 600,000 Morrison shelters, which were designed as a DIY indoor bomb shelter kit for houses without cellars. When properly positioned they could protect a family from the collapse of a two story building and also doubled as dining table.
AD9r7 TIL of the European custom of "telling the bees," wherein bees would be told of marriages, funerals, and other important events in their keepers' lives.
mGRP TIL Sir Richard Branson once lost a bet with Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes on the winner of the 2010 F1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. The loser had to work as a female flight attendant on the winner’s airline.