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TIL that ‘Old Person Smell’ is a real part of the aging process called Nonenal Odor.

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9Y46p TIL Robin Williams improvised so much during the filming of Mrs. Doubtfire, that director Chris Columbus was able to make a PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 cut of the film.
Z8ADp TIL that before the introduction of disposable diapers, 90% of American children were potty trained by age two
abXN TIL that from its discovery in 1947 until 2007, there were only 14 confirmed human cases of Zika infection worldwide. In the past two years there have been an estimated 1.5 million infections in Brazil alone.
77vb TIL of Giorgio Perlasca. A meat importer from Padua, Italy. He posed as a Spanish diplomat in Nazi-controlled Hungary in 1944, saving over 5,000 Jews from deportation to the gas chambers. One memorable act saw him stare down Adolph Eichmann who wanted to remove two 12-year-old Jewish children.
EZbX TIL That J.R.R Tolkien fought in multiple battles during WWI. Including Battle of Thiepval Ridge and the assault on the Schwaben Redoubt.