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TIL, old books have a particular smell due to lignin being present in the paper. Lignin is related to vanillin, leading them to have a faint vanilla scent.

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QNMYk TIL that Alan Turing, the mathematician renowned for his contributions to computer science and codebreaking, converted his savings into silver during WW2 and buried it, fearing German invasion. However, he was unable to break his own code describing where it was hidden, and never recovered it.
x6BR7 TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." The winner was Heather Scott who answered "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
xVKDD TIL that after the experience of playing Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise established a charitable foundation to help disabled veterans and their families
0wlRM TIL that due to the high amounts of selenium in Brazil Nuts, it takes only around 140 nuts to cause death by poisoning.
MXJb TIL Maximillian Kolbe, a Catholic Priest, gave his life for a man he had never met in Auschwitz. He stated “I am an old man, no one will miss me. He has a wife and family. Take me instead.”