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TIL Iran has successfully smuggled multiple entire Airbus jets from Europe

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4kAxR TIL Humans are better at smelling petrichor, the scent of rain-soaked earth, than sharks are at detecting blood in the water.
4XDMJ TIL that the Police Service of Northern Ireland was almost given the acronym of NIPS
Lk4mQ TIL there is a researcher who can predict with 94% accuracy whether or not a married couple will break up within four years based on watching them have an hour-long conversation.
gMPl8 TIL in 1985 US Marshals busted 100 fugitives in one day by throwing a fake Redskins Super Bowl party
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