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TIL that people who lose the ability to smell become socially insecure, and their overall level of happiness plummets.

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JYkA4 TIL Koko, the signing Gorilla had a partner. Ndume was loaned to Koko's owners on condition that he be returned to the zoo upon Koko's death, to start a new family, which they refused to do, claiming that Ndume(the Gorilla) overheard the discussion about him moving, and became upset about it
pY6E4 TIL Thousands of Pigeons Pooped on Spectators at 1936 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony after up to 30,000 pigeons were released and then the organisers began firing canons. The story was relayed and recorded by US Olympian Louis Zamperini, a long distance runner.
16wRO TIL there was another Lady Diana Spencer (nicknamed "dear little Di") in the 18th century, who was also supposed to marry Prince of Wales at the time, but instead ended up marrying another man (Duke of Bedford) and died of tuberculosis at the age of 25 following a miscarriage
e0mLb TIL of Jacob Riis, a photographer who pioneered social reform through his photos of everyday life in the slums of New York in the 1890s. His book is called, “How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York.
ngl9 TIL Vlad the Impaler once asked a noble man if the smell of the impaled corpses bothered him. The man said yes, so Vlad had him impaled on a higher stake to the ‘smell wouldn’t bother him’.