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TIL that the ancient Olmecs believed in werejaguars, similar to the werewolf in European cultures.

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5M5B TIL George Aldrich has worked for NASA for over 40 years, and his job is to smell things. This is to ensure that there are no unpleasant smells on ISS and the shuttle. Oh and his nose also gets calibrated and tested every four months.
PYWoE TIL in 1813 the U.S. captured & plundered Toronto - then known as York. This was the reason the British invaded & burned down the White House in 1814.
o1ao TIL Not all vampires were staked through the heart, some were staked through the leg to prevent them from rising from their coffins [post from /r/archeology]
8eK8G TIL that Brandi Brandt, a Playboy centerfold who played the elevator operator at the beginning of Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator" ("Going...down?") was jailed up to six years in Australia for being part of a cocaine smuggling ring
XElPD TIL about male Australian semelparous phascogales, a tiny marsupial, that have such frantic sex that it can kill them. They copulate for up to 14 hours at a time, during which their muscles start to break down so that every ounce of energy can be diverted into mating.