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TIL There is a surface feature on Pluto named after Cthulhu

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GVwE TIL there’s a word for the smell of earth after rain… ‘Petrichor’
A9Po TIL The United States hasn’t had a period of peace since WWII
YpBlZ TIL that stroke victims with partial facial paralysis can lose the ability to voluntarily smile on half their face, but can still fully smile when laughing at a joke.
a87aJ TIL the female equivalent of 'phallic' is 'yonnic'
9wkR7 TIL that the Sea Peoples were a group of sea-based raiders centered around the Mediterranean who contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse by attacking many of the major empires of the time including the Egyptians and Hittites. Today few records remain about them despite their massive impact.