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TIL that porn is banned in Iceland

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GYnX7 TIL smell hallucinations are called phantosmia, and can be caused by infections, neurological damage, or epilepsy
kJ4eW TIL when the automatic telephone exchange was invented in the 1890s, it was advertised as providing a "girl-less, cuss-less, out-of-order-less, wait-less telephone" experience to contrast it with manual telephone exchanges operated by women
OOPa TIL that Daniel Snyder (controversial owner of the Washington Redskins) took over Six Flags in 2005 and on his second day fired Mr. Six (the dancing old guy), calling the ad campaign “pointless”
78dmP TIL about Kimipuchi, a type of artificial egg invented by the Japanese conglomerate, Kewpie. These artificial eggs are used in premade convenience store bentos to mimic the texture of a half-cooked yolk and prevent salmonella poisoning from the use of actual eggs.
v1Pk8 TIL A town in West Virginia named Mole Hill, WV changed it's name to Mountain, WV so they could literally make a mountain out of a mole hill.