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TIL Calvin Klein Obsession for Men is used to lure jaguars into camera traps. The cologne contains civetone and vanilla extract, in which the civetone resembles a territorial marking and the vanilla extract sets off a curiosity response.

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yQwkM TIL Before Roald Dahl became a famous author he served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during WWII. He was also an intelligence office and rose to the rank of wing commander.
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