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TIL A reason why most weddings occur in the summer dates back to the 15th Century, when most people took their yearly baths in May and didn't smell too bad a month or two later. Just to be on the safe-smelling side, brides began carrying bouquets of flowers to hide any developing body odor as well!

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R54V8 TIL That while Kmart in the US is all but dead, with only 1 traditional store remaining, Kmart Australia is wildly popular with nearly 300 locations.
9wZbX TIL: A comedian formed the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements in Denmark as a joke, but he was unexpected elected with 23k votes and won a seat. His promises were better Christmas presents, the right to impotency, more renaissance furniture at IKEA, more bread for ducks, and better weather.
kJ4RE TIL Four NASA interns stole $20 million in moon rocks in order to sell them for profit. Two of said interns reportedly crushed up sample and placed them under a pillow on order to “have sex on the Moon”
kOd97 TIL When billionaire Steve Fossett went missing during a solo plane flight where it was ultimately discovered he perished, the CAP, National Guard, and thousand of AMT volunteers found many other plane crash sites lost to time. Most (at the time) were not investigated further.
kJr1E TIL The reasons for breeding problems in pandas are most likely to be related to the inability of the captive living environment to meet giant pandas’ various physiological needs, resulting in the inability to fully express their natural instincts, such as mate selection and mating