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TIL that people with a defective FMO3 secrete TMA into their bodily fluids and thus attain a smell of spoiled fish, a condition designated ‘fish odour syndrome’

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p8OMp TIL - the early model pay phones had three slots, one for nickels, dimes and quarters. Each slot would play a different sounding bell, letting the operator on the line calculate how much money was deposited
ADjXa TIL The first commercial plane ever shot down, in 1938, was salvaged from a river bottom, rebuilt, renamed and returned to service only to be destroyed in 1940 in another shooting incident.
Y8yB TIL that an employee of the company hired to organize McDonald’s Monopoly game rigged it for 5 years. He also admitted to anonymously sending a $1 million game piece to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
yxQV TIL the concept of national parks was called the greatest idea America ever had. The idea to protect natural wonders for the enjoyment of future generations was unprecedented worldwide before Yellowstone.
kJvxE TIL: After hundreds of years spent to domesticate a pig, when reintroduced into the wild in a matter of weeks they can revert back to a state where it will get hairy, grow tusks and get aggressive.