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TIL chess in a mandatory subject in Armenian schools

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nWNWW TIL everyone has Olfactory Adaption and cannot smell their surroundings after a few minutes. This is why you cannot smell your house but your guests can.
LwEQ TIL the saltiest food in America is PF Chang’s Hot & Sour Soup Bowl, with 8,000 mg of sodium it’s equal to 44 bags of Cool Ranch Doritos.
4XGkg TIL Oren Peli, previously a software developer, wrote and directed the very first Paranormal Activity movie grossing $193 million from its $15,000 budget.
e08Pg TIL that Scotland has 421 words for "snow".
yVrJv TIL that in women’s Olympic gymnastics, under the ‘perfect 10’ scoring system seven female gymnasts attained a perfect 10. The scoring system was changed in 2006 and no one has been awarded a perfect score since.