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TIL: Callery Pear tree flowers smell like semen

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R7jD4 TIL in the midnight of Dec 29, 2011 Samoa loses a day and jumps forward in time to Dec. 31, 2011 without experiencing Dec 30 as they move westward of international dateline. The switch was made to improve ties with major trade partners in Australia and New Zealand.
QJ8LE TIL Banks have not resolved their ethics issues since the 2008 financial crisis due to "deep-seated cultural failures at many large financial institutions"
eNOb TIL 70% of American Males between the ages of 20 and 34 are not Married.
X0neE TIL in the 1960s, gym students at La Sierra High School in CA, faced grueling physical challenges and were ranked by their shorts color: white for rookies, gold for elites, and Navy Blue for the rarest. Navy Blue required 34 pull-ups and carrying someone 5 miles. Only 19 students ever earned it.
epZog TIL almost all of the early cryogenically preserved bodies were thawed and disposed of after the cryonic facilities went out of business