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TIL that our body odor could change because we're stuck at home ! Our smells come from the microbes living on our skin, and since we only have a few other people to swap microbes with, we're going to start smelling like the people we're cooped up with—making us smellier if they have smellier microbe

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6EOb7 TIL that nineteenth century New Orleans socialite Delphine LaLaurie was discovered to have been torturing several slaves in her home for months on end. In public life, she put on a facade of politeness toward black Americans and bragged about taking good care of her slaves.
O7P6 TIL in 1932 Oskar Speck was an unemployed contractor in Germany who left via kayak to seek work, but en route changed his plan & decided to see the world. By 1939 he kayaked all the way to Australia. Unbeknown to him, WW2 started & upon arrival, he was detained as an enemy foreigner until WW2 ended.
yVQ5M TIL that there is a large piece of a civil war cannon in the attic of 9 East Battery, Charleston, USA. It landed there when retreating confederates blew up a cannon and it was too heavy to remove.
epgEn TIL In 1989, Pastor Jack Hyles told a church member to start living in his basement alone and pray against all the sin he saw around him, while secretly having an affair with the man's wife upstairs. When the member complained, Hyles built him a backyard bedroom, and the situation lasted 12 years.
XEK7D TIL After officially being prohibited for many years, eating beef in Japan was legalised in 1871 as part of an effort to introduce western culture to the country