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TIL that Boar Taint is a foul odor/taste in Pork products that affects 1 in 5 male pigs. Most people can sense it when present and it puts some eaters off Pork forever. It derives from uncastrated male pigs hitting puberty. Smelly pig.

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MeNPB TIL that Orville Wright, the younger of the two Wright Brothers, expressed sadness about the death and destruction brought about by the bombers of World War 2, stating “I once thought the aeroplane would end wars. I now wonder whether the aeroplane and the atomic bomb can do it.”
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8ePML TIL that, in 2002 a judge concluded a copyright legal battle between Mattel and MCA, over the hit song "Barbie Girl" by Danish Pop band Aqua, with "The parties are advised to chill."